Arne Thomassen

Arne Thomassen
County Mayor of Agder
Assumed office
23 October 2019
DeputyBjørn Ropstad
Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius
Preceded byPosition established
Mayor of Lillesand
In office
October 2003 – 17 October 2019
DeputyArve Danielsen
Tor Audun Danielsen
Hege Marie Holthe
Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius
Preceded byOdd Steinsdal
Succeeded byEinar Holmer-Hoven
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2009 – 30 September 2021
ConstituencyAust-Agder
Personal details
Born (1959-02-13) 13 February 1959 (age 65)
Lillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway
Political partyConservative
OccupationPlumber
Politician

Arne Thomassen (born 13 February 1959) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as county mayor of Agder since 2019. He previously served as mayor of Lillesand between 2003 and 2019 and a deputy member of parliament for Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021.

Political career

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Parliament

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He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021, having been re-elected in 2013 and 2017.[1]

Local politics

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He has been an elected member of Aust-Agder county council and served as the leader of Aust-Agder Conservative Party. He also served as mayor of Lillesand between 2003 and 2019,[2] securing re-election in 2007, 2011 and 2015.[3][4] He was succeeded by fellow party member Einar Holmer-Hoven in 2019.[5][6]

He was elected county mayor of Agder at the 2019 local elections, becoming the first county mayor of a unified Agder county.[7] He won re-election at the 2023 local elections.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Arne Thomassen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ "Stemmesanker Thomassen blir ny ordfører" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Agderposten. 16 September 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  3. ^ "Lillesand bystyre 2011-2015" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Lillesand-posten. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  4. ^ "Disse skal styre politikken i Lillesand de neste fire årene" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Fædrelandsvennen. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  5. ^ "Holmer-Hoven ordfører og Svenningsen varaordfører i Lillesand" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Agderposten. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  6. ^ "Formannskapet i Lillesand 2019-2023" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Lillesand-posten. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.(subscription required)
  7. ^ "Arne Thomassen ny fylkesordfører på Agder" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Lindesnes. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Thomassen gjenvalgt som fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Agderposten. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.