Øystein Djupedal

Øystein Kåre Djupedal (born 5 May 1960) is a Norwegian politician.

Øystein Djupedal
Djupedal in 2006.
County Governor of Aust-Agder
In office 1 October 2009 – 31 December 2015
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Svein Åril
Succeeded by	Stein A. Ytterdahl
Minister of Education and Research
In office 17 October 2005 – 18 October 2007
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Kristin Clemet
Succeeded by	Bård Vegar Solhjell
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1993 – 30 September 2009
Constituency	Sør-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born	Øystein Kåre Djupedal (1960-05-05) 5 May 1960 Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Labour
Other political affiliations	Socialist Left (until 2015)
Relations	Married
Children	3
Residence	Trondheim, Norway
Profession	typographer

Djupedal was born in Oslo, Norway, and is the son of the linguist Reidar Djupedal. He is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV), and was a member of Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County, where he has sat from the 1993 election until 2009. For two years, from 2005 to 2007, he was the Minister of Education and Research.[1] He is also former deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party. From 2008 until 2015 he was the County Governor of Aust-Agder, although Svein Åril was the acting governor for him from 2008 until 2009 when he finished his Parliamentary term.[2][3]