Ã…slaug Haga

Åslaug Marie Haga ( born October 21, 1959 in Nes, Akershus ) is a Norwegian politician of the Centre Party ( Senterpartiet ).

After completing her university degree, she worked as a diplomat and Secretary of State. From 1999 to 2000, Haga Minister for Cultural Affairs. In 2001 she was elected to the Storting. From 2003 until June 20, 2008, she was chairman of the Centre Party.

Since September 2005, she formed along with Kristin Halvorsen ( Socialist ) and Jens Stoltenberg ( Social Democrats ), the leadership of the three-party government Stoltenberg II, where she first took over the local and regional ministry. On September 21, 2007, she moved to the oil and energy ministry.

Your resignation as Minister and party leader Haga reasoned with health problems. Previously, she had, however, been caught in the crossfire of the media because of a jetty built at their weekend house without permission and for the rental of an outbuilding for his private house was the tax office is not specified correctly.