Reiulf Steen

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Reiulf Steen

Reiulf Steen (born 16 August 1933 in Hurum

Hurum

Hurum is a Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Klokkarstua....
) is a Norwegian

Norway

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politician for the Norwegian Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Norwegian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Second cabinet Stoltenberg and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981.

Steen was elected leader of the regional Labour Party affiliate at age 14. He started out his professional career as a factory worker but soon took a job as a journalist in the newspaper Fremtiden, in Drammen

Drammen

is a cities of Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Drammen....
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Reiulf Steen (born 16 August 1933 in Hurum

Hurum

Hurum is a Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Klokkarstua....
) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norwegian Labour Party

Drammen

is a cities of Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Drammen....
. He rose quickly through the ranks of his party, chairing the Workers' Youth League

Workers' Youth League (Norway)

The Workers' Youth League is the youth wing of the Norwegian Labour Party. AUF was formed in April 1927, following the merger of Left Communist Youth League and Socialist Youth League of Norway....
from 1961 to 1964.

He later served as minister of transportation 1971–1972 and minister of commerce and trade 1979–1981. From 1977 to 1993 he was a member of Parliament, representing the constituencies Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
and Akershus

Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
. He was the vice president of the Socialist International

Socialist International

Socialist International is a worldwide organization of Democratic socialism, social democracy and labour party political parties. It was formed in 1951....
from 1978 to 1983 and chaired its committee on Chile

Chile

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from 1975 to 1990. He maintained a long-standing interest in Latin America and was appointed Norwegian ambassador to Chile in 1992, a tenure that lasted until 1996.

In later years, his memoirs and personal recollections have affected public opinion. He has related accounts of his own psychiatric problems, difficulties within the Labour Party, and other contemporary issues. He has also written columns for several of the country's leading newspapers, dealing with matters such as the EU, the war in Iraq, and the shift to the right of his party in recent years. He has also been active in ATTAC and chaired the Norwegian branch of the European Movement

European Movement

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(1999–2001), Norsk Folkehjelp

Norsk Folkehjelp

Norwegian People's Aid is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1939 as the labour movement's humanitarian organisation for solidarity....
(1999–2003) and the Norwegian branch of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

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(1986–1992).