Geirmund Ihle
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Geirmund Ihle is a Norwegian
politician for the Labour Party
.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland
in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions.
Born in Haugesund
, Ihle was a member of Haugesund
city council from 1963 to 1975. He chaired the local party chapter from 1968 to 1969.
Outside of politics, he mainly worked as a teacher, and was also a journalist in Rogalands Avis
from 1964 to 1970 and cinema director in Haugesund from 1971 to 1975. He was a member of the board of Folk og Forsvar from 1984 to 1989 and vice president of Norges Forsvarsforening from 1989 to 1993.
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 Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions.
Born in Haugesund
Haugesund
is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
, Ihle was a member of Haugesund
Haugesund
is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
city council from 1963 to 1975. He chaired the local party chapter from 1968 to 1969.
Outside of politics, he mainly worked as a teacher, and was also a journalist in Rogalands Avis
Rogalands Avis
Rogalands Avis is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway. It covers Stavanger and the rest of southern Rogaland. It was established in 1899....
from 1964 to 1970 and cinema director in Haugesund from 1971 to 1975. He was a member of the board of Folk og Forsvar from 1984 to 1989 and vice president of Norges Forsvarsforening from 1989 to 1993.