Øystein Djupedal

Øystein Kåre Djupedal (born 5 May 1960) is a Norwegian politician.

Øystein Djupedal
Øystein Djupedal on 17 October 2005
Governor of Aust-Agder
In office
1 October 2009  31 December 2015
Preceded bySvein Åril
Succeeded byStein A. Ytterdahl
Minister of Education and Research
In office
17 October 2005  18 October 2007
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byKristin Clemet
Succeeded byBård Vegar Solhjell
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1993  30 September 2009
ConstituencySør-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born (1960-05-05) 5 May 1960
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyLabour Party
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Left Party (until 2015)
RelationsMarried
Children3
ResidenceTrondheim, Norway
Professiontypographer

Djupedal was born in Oslo, Norway, and is the son of the linguist Reidar Djupedal. He is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV), and a member of Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County, where he has sat since the 1993 election. For two years, from 17 October 2005 until 18 October 2007, he was the Minister of Education and Research. He is also former deputy chairman of SV.


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