Dagfinn VÃ¥rvik

Dagfinn Vårvik ( born June 8, 1924 in Leinstrand, Trondheim ) is a former Norwegian journalist and politician of Senterpartiet, who was among other things, Foreign Minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973 and 1973-1977 Chairman of the Senterpartiet.

Life

Vårvik, son of a farmer, according to the school in 1944 began studying economics, which he completed in 1951. After that, he was in 1952 Secretary of the Group of former Agrarian Party ( Bondepartiet ), the 1959 in Centre Party ( Senterpartiet ) renamed itself, in the Storting and remained in this position until 1961. Subsequent Vårvik was, which was 1961-1965 Alternate Member of the Storting for Akershus, employees Nations, the party newspaper of Senterpartiet before he was editor of this paper 1963-1988 and this function held during his government offices.

On August 28, 1963, he was appointed by Prime Minister John Lyng as finance minister in the bourgeois government, which, Venstre and the Senterpartiet consisted of members of the Høyre, Kristelig Folkeparti. Lyngs minority government replaced the third government of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen before Gerhardsen again Prime Minister was already on 25 September 1963.

After his party colleague Per braids on September 12, 1965 Prime Minister was, that he was appointed as Minister of wages and prices in the March 17, 1971 to incumbent coalition government. In addition, he was Vice Chairman of the 1967 Senterpartiet.

On October 18, 1972, he was appointed foreign minister in the bourgeois minority government of Prime Minister Lars Korvald. Shortly before taking office, the referendum was about to join the European Economic Community ( EEC) on 25 September 1972 saw. The Minister of Foreign Affairs he held until the end of Korvalds tenure on 16 October 1973.

In 1973 he was elected chairman of the Senterpartiet. He was the successor of John Austrheim and retained this position until his replacement by Gunnar Stålsett in 1977.