Petter Thomassen

Petter Johan Thomassen (born April 17, 1941 in Salangen , Fylke Troms , † October 8, 2003 ) was a Norwegian politician of the Høyre , who was a member of the Storting for 20 years and between 1985 and 1986 Minister of Industry in the government of Prime Minister Kåre Willoch . He later held the post of Minister of Economic Affairs from 1989 to 1990 in the government of Prime Minister Jan P. Syse .

Life

Professional career as well as local and provincial politicians

Thomassen, son of the farmer Karl Thomassen and his wife Johanna Simonsen Grimstad, began to study economics at the Copenhagen School of Economics after attending school in 1960 , which he graduated in 1963. After attending courses in tax law, industrial and managerial psychology from 1963 and 1964, he first worked as a systems consultant in Oslo between 1964 and 1965 , before he was employed as a dispatcher at A / S Nordlandsdata in Bodø between 1965 and 1976 . During this time he completed from 1965 to 1976, various training courses for computer programming, system control and Planlegung and in 1974 a course in law at the District high school Nordland NDH (Nordland Distriktshøgskole) in Bodo.

During this time he also began his political career in local politics and was a member of Bodø City Council between 1967 and 1969. He was then between 1971 and 1979 member of the provincial parliament ( Fylkesting ) of Nordland and during this time from 1971 to 1977 also chairman of the local Høyre parliamentary group . He was also chairman of the board of the Forum Nord magazine between 1971 and 1975 and was also chairman of the board of Nordland Distriktshøgskole from 1976 to 1978.

Storting member and Minister in the Willoch government

After he was elected vice-member in the election of September 8, 1969 , until the election on September 10, 1973 , Thomassen was elected member of the Storting for the first time in the election of September 12, 1977 and represented it until the election on September 15th 1997 for 20 years the interests of Fylke Nordland .

The IT expert Thomassen was also chairman of the Høyre committee for data policy between 1980 and 1985. He was also chairman of the Nordland Research Foundation between 1980 and 1985 and again from 1986 to 1988.

During his membership in parliament he was between October 1, 1981 and October 30, 1985 Vice-Chairman of the conservative Høyre in Storting and from October 1, 1981 to September 30, 1985 Vice-Chairman of the Storting Commission for Electronic Data Processing . In addition, he was between October 3, 1983 and September 30, 1985 chairman of the finance committee of the Storting. In addition, he was from 1983 to 1985 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Computer Management Norge A / S .

On October 4, 1985 Thomassen was appointed Minister-President Kåre Willoch as Minister of Industry (Minister of Industry) in his government as part of a cabinet reshuffle and held this ministerial office until the end of Willoch's term of office on May 9, 1986.

Vice-Party Chairman, Minister in the Syse Government and Economic Manager

1988 Thomassen was to succeed Erlend Rian second vice-chair of the Høyre and held this position until his replacement by Svein Ludvigsen 1990. He also served in that time as CEO of Polarsirkelsenteret A / S .

On October 16, 1989 he took over the office of Minister of Economics (Næringsminister) in the minority government from Prime Minister Jan P. Syse and kept this ministerial office until the end of Syse's term of office on November 3, 1990. The overthrow of the Syse government by a vote of no confidence in connection with He described Norway's membership in the European Economic Area in his 1991 book En regjerings fall .

During his last legislative period Thomassen was from October 21, 1993 to September 30, 1997 spokesman for the Høyre Group in the Storting Committee for Control and Constitutional Affairs.

In the mid-1990s he took on numerous functions as chairman of the supervisory board of companies and companies such as Gunvald Johansen A / S (1993 to 2000), Norsk Luftfartssenter A / S (1994 to 1998), Polar Zoo AS (1994 to 2001), Saltstraumen Opplevelsessenter AS (1995 to 2000), Bodø Energi A / S (1996 to 2003), Kobbelv Vertshus A / S (1997 to 2003), Tørrfisknæringens Markedsutviklingsselskap AS (1998 to 1999), Nordland Teater AS (1999 to 2003), Sentrumsterminalen Bodø A / S (2000 to 2003) and Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani A / S (2003).

Publications

• Varehandelen i distriktspolitisk Perspektive , Bodø 1975
• Private life and EDB. Hvordan kan vi beskytte oss? , Oslo 1977
• Fri tanke, men ikke fritt ord. Et debattinnlegg om en grunnleggende menneskerett , Oslo 1977
• Tale eller tie? Saken with morning notifications and follow-ups for ytrings and press releases , Oslo 1978
• Industriell utfordring , Bodø 1979
• EDB-utviklingen. Hvem have controls? , Oslo 1980
• Inn i datasamfunnet , Oslo 1980
• Bodø sparebank 1857-1982 , Bodø 1982
• Havbruk. Mulighetenes næring , 1985
• Barneår i krig , 1986
• Hold kjeft, recruit! , Oslo 1987
• Handbook for Bedre Resursbruk i Fylker and Kommuner , Oslo 1988
• En regjerings fall , Oslo 1991

Web links

• Entry on the Storting homepage (Norwegian)
• Biography in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)