Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born August 23, 1956 in Kvam, Hordaland) is a former Minister of Culture and Church Affairs and former leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway between 1995 and 2004, to which also former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik belongs.

As Minister of Culture and Church Affairs she paid special attention to voluntary work.

She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on January 23, 2004. The main reason is that she was blamed as being responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held September 2003. In the 2005 parliamentary elections she failed to win a seat in parliament.

Preceded by Kjell Magne Bondevik	Chairman of Christian People's Party 1995–2004	Succeeded by Dagfinn Høybråten
Preceded by Ellen Horn	Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church Affairs 2001–2005	Succeeded by Trond Giske
Preceded by Sylvia Brustad	Norwegian Minister of Children and Families 1997–2000	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