Tora Aasland | |
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.jpg) Aasland in 2006 | |
| Minister of Research and Higher Education | |
| In office 18 October 2007 – 23 March 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Iselin Nybø (2018) |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1985 – 30 September 1993 | |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Governor of Rogaland | |
| In office 23 March 2012 – 1 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Harald Torfinn Thune (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa |
| In office 1 October 1993 – 18 October 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Harald Torfinn Thune (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Harald Thorfinn Thune (acting) |
| Vice President of the Odelsting | |
| In office 10 October 1989 – 30 September 1993 | |
| President | Inger Lise Gjørv |
| Preceded by | Kåre Kristiansen |
| Succeeded by | Dag Jostein Fjærvoll |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1942 Skien, Telemark, Norway |
| Political party | Socialist Left |
Tora Aasland (born 6 November 1942, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as the Minister of Research and Higher Education from 18 October 2007 to 23 March 2012. She was a member of the Norwegian Parliament, representing Akershus, from 1985 to 1993. From 1991 to 2013, she served as the County Governor of Rogaland.
Aasland was a deputy member of the executive committee of Nesodden municipality council during the terms 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.
Aasland has a cand.sociol. degree in sociology and was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1976 to 1982, and its acting director from 1980 to 1981. She has cited Vilhelm Aubert as her largest influence.[1]
