Erling Lae
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Erling Lae is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician for the Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

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He was born in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, is a cand.philol. by education and formerly worked as a journalist. From 1981 to 1985 he was a political advisor in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration. He was elected to Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 city council in 1991, and was a city commissioner between 1997 and 2000. From 2000 to 2009 he was the Governing mayor of Oslo. As such he headed the executive branch of the city government in the capital city of Norway.

In 2008 he became a deputy leader of his party. In 2010 he was announced as the new County Governor of Vestfold, succeeding Mona Røkke
Mona Røkke
Mona Røkke is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was Minister of Justice 1981-1985.In March 2010 her successor as County Governor was announced: Erling Lae.-References:...

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Lae is openly
Coming out
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 gay
Gay
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