Laila Dåvøy

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Laila Dåvøy (born 11 August 1948 in Bergen) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

From 1989 to 1990, during the cabinet Syse, Dåvøy was appointed personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. From August to November 1990 she was State Secretary in the same ministry. In 1999 she was appointed Norwegian Minister of Labour and Administration in the first cabinet Bondevik, an office she left when the cabinet fell in 2000. From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet Bondevik held office, Dåvøy was Norwegian Minister of Children and Family Affairs.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 2005.

On the local level Dåvøy was a member of the executive committee of Askøy municipal council from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1991 she was a deputy member of Hordaland county council.

A nurse by education, she has been leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union (1992–1998). Dåvøy lives in Askøy, is married and has three children.

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Laila Dåvøy biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)

Preceded by Eldbjørg Løwer	Norwegian Minister of Labour and Administration 1999–2000	Succeeded by Jørgen Kosmo
Preceded by Karita Bekkemellem	Norwegian Minister of Children and Families 2001–2005	Succeeded by Karita Bekkemellem

v • d • e Second Cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik – 19 October 2001 to 17 October 2005

Jan Petersen (H) • Erna Solberg (H) • Ingjerd Schou (H) 2001–2004 • Dagfinn Høybråten (Krf) • Lars Sponheim (V) • Per-Kristian Foss (H) • Odd Einar Dørum (V) • Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (Krf) 2005–2006 • Hilde Frafjord Johnson (Krf) seit 2006• Laila Dåvøy (Krf) • Kristin Clemet (H) • Svein Ludvigsen (H) • Ansgar Gabrielsen (H) • Torild Skogsholm (V) • Kristin Krohn Devold (H) • Børge Brende (H) • Victor D. Norman (H) 2001–2004 • Morten Andreas Meyer (H) 2004–2005 • Einar Steensnæs (Krf) • Thorhild Widvey (H) 2004–2005 • Knut Arild Hareide (Krf) 2004–2005