Reidun Bruslettes

Reidun Brusletten (born November 29, 1936 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian politician of the Kristelig Folkeparti , who was development aid minister in the government of Prime Minister Kåre Willoch between 1983 and 1986 .

Life

Teacher, local and provincial politician

Reidun Brusletten, daughter of the factory owner Olav Kjellesvik and his wife Anna Bakkerud, began after the 1956 school teaching degree at the public school teachers in Oslo (Oslo Offentlige Lærerskole) , where she graduated 1959th She then worked as a teacher at the primary school in Nesodden between 1959 and 1964 and, after attending the State Technical School (Statens Spesiallærerskole), as a teacher at the primary school in Nes from 1965 to 1978 . In addition, she was a supervisory teacher for auxiliary lessons from 1970 to 1971 and from 1971 to 1977 she was the head of the special education department in the municipality of Nes. From 1978 to 1999 she was teaching inspector at the Nes elementary school.

In the mid-1970s, Reidun Brusletten began her political involvement in local politics as a member of the local council of Nes, of which she was a member between 1975 and 1979. Then she was between 1979 and 1983 for the first time a member of the provincial committee (Fylkesutvalg) of Fylke Buskerud and at the same time from 1981 to 1983 first chairman of the Kristelig Folkeparti von Nes.

Vice-Member of the Storting and Minister

In the election of September 12, 1977, she was elected as a candidate for the Kristelig Folkeparti in Fylke Buskerud for Vararepresentant of the Storting and held this position until the 1981 election .

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Reidun Brusletten became Prime Minister Kåre Willoch's Advisory Minister on June 17, 1983, initially without a ministry of her own. After the establishment of the Ministry, she served from January 1, 1984 until the end of Willoch's term of office on May 9, 1986 as Minister for Utviklingshjelp in his government.

After leaving the government, she became a member of the provincial parliament ( Fylkesting ) in 1986 and then again a member of the provincial committee of Fylke Buskerud between 1987 and 1991 and then from 1991 to 1995 chairwoman of the culture committee of Nes. In addition, she was again chairwoman of the Kristelig Folkeparti von Nes from 1986 to 1991 and chairwoman of the board of the Soltun Adult Education Center (Soltun Folkehøgskole) between 1987 and 1991 .

Other engagement

In addition, Reidun Brusletten has been involved in church, social and choir projects for many years. For ten years she was chairwoman of the Teachers Mission Association in Nes between 1967 and 1977 and later chairwoman of the abstinence movement (Det Norske Totalavholdsselskap) in Nes between 1975 and 1999 .

In 1991 she became a member of the Nes parish council and was a member of it until 1999. In 1993, she was working part-time director of Eik Teachers College (Eik Lærehøgskole) and completed in 1994 to study philosophy at the University of Oslo from. She later served as chairwoman of the Pentecostal Control Committee (Stiftelsen Pinsevennenes Evangeliesenter) from 1995 to 1998 and vice-chairman of the Nes Health and Social Committee between 1999 and 2003. Since 1999 she has been the chairwoman of the Pentecostal Council of Elders in Nes.

Background literature

• Tore Askildsen: Dagens! Andaktsbok for ungdom , 1992
• Oddvar Nilsen (Editor): Under åpen Himmel , 1993
• Tormod Bakken: Rastep Klassen , 1995
• Karin Reitan (Editor): Da mor gikk bort: tanker i ettertid: døtre forteller , 1996

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Storting
• Biography in the store norske leksikon