Leif Helge Kongshaug (born 31 July 1949 in Averøy) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1997, but not re-elected in 2001. During the second cabinet Bondevik, Kongshaug was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. He was re-elected to a second parliamentary term in 2005.
On the local level he was a member of Averøy municipal council from 1979 to 1997, serving as mayor from 1986.
Outside politics he has worked as a school teacher, counselor and farmer.
References
edit- "Leif Helge Kongshaug" (in Norwegian). Storting.