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Anne Karin Hamre

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Anne Karin Hamre
Governor of Sogn og Fjordane
In office
2011–2018
Preceded byOddvar Flæte
Succeeded byGunnar O. Hæreid
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Leikanger, Norway
CitizenshipNorway
EducationCand.polit.
Alma materUniversity of Bergen
ProfessionCivil servant

Anne Karin Hamre (born 1965) is a Norwegian politician and civil servant. She served as the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane county from 2011 until 2018.[1] She was the first woman to hold this position as well as the youngest governor in the country. She was also the last governor of Sogn og Fjordane because on 1 January 2019, she was replaced by the new County Governor of Vestland. Since she resigned in the fall of 2018, her assistant governor, Gunnar O. Hæreid was the acting governor until the end of the year.

Starting in the fall of 2018, Hamre took a job in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development leading a department on regional development.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Berg, Ole T., ed. (2016-06-13). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  2. ^ Tetenborg, Marie. "Fylket: Anne Karin Hamre skal framleis jobbe for distrikta når ho no skal til i ny jobb". Firda (in Norwegian).
Government offices
Preceded by County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane
2011–13 August 2018
Office abolished
Office merged into County Governor of Vestland
Gunnar O. Hæreid was named Acting Governor
for the remainder of 2018.