Jon Georg Dale
Jon Georg Dale (born 16 June 1984) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2015 to 2018. He was also acting Minister of Justice for 14 days in March 2019 after the resignation of Tor Mikkel Wara.
Jon Georg Dale | |
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| Minister of Transport and Communications | |
| In office 31 August 2018 – 24 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Ketil Solvik-Olsen |
| Succeeded by | Knut Arild Hareide |
| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| In office 16 December 2015 – 31 August 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Sylvi Listhaug |
| Succeeded by | Bård Hoksrud |
| Minister of Justice Acting[1] | |
| In office 15 March 2019 – 29 March 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Tor Mikkel Wara |
| Succeeded by | Jøran Kallmyr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1984 Dalsfjord, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Progress Party |
He served as a member of Volda municipal council from 2003 to 2013 and Møre og Romsdal county council from 2009 to 2011 (having previously been deputy). He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Møre og Romsdal during the terms 2009–2013 and 2013–2017. In total he served during 280 days of parliamentary session, until 2013 when he was appointed as a State Secretary in the Solberg's Cabinet's Ministry of Transport and Communications.[2][3]
Outside politics he was employed in the meat and fish industry—among others in Nortura—until 2010, when he was hired as a political adviser in the Progress Party parliamentary caucus.[2]
References
- "Jon Georg Dale Becomes Acting Justice Minister". SMP.no. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- "Statssekretær Jon Georg Dale (FrP)" (in Norwegian). Government.no. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- "Jon Georg Dale" (in Norwegian). Storting.