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Norwegian politician
Leif Granli
President of the Storting
In office
2 October 1972 – 30 September 1973
MonarchOlav V
Prime MinisterTrygve Bratteli
Lars Korvald
Vice PresidentBernt Ingvaldsen
Preceded byBernt Ingvaldsen
Succeeded byGuttorm Hansen
Vice President of the Storting
In office
2 October 1967 – 1 October 1972
PresidentBernt Ingvaldsen
Preceded byNils Langhelle
Succeeded byBernt Ingvaldsen
Minister of Agriculture
In office
25 September 1963 – 12 October 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byHans Borgen
Succeeded byBjarne Lyngstad
Personal details
Born(1909-09-25)25 September 1909
Hegra Municipality, Nordre Trondheim, Norway
Died17 March 1988(1988-03-17) (aged 78)
Political partyLabour

Leif Granli (born 25 September 1909 in Hegra Municipality, died 17 March 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on six occasions. From 1963 to 1965, while the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen held office, Granli was appointed Minister of Agriculture. During this period his seat in parliament was taken by Hans Mikal Solsem. Granli was later Vice President of the Storting from 1967 to 1972, and from 2 October 1972 to 30 September 1973 he was President of the Storting.

On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of the municipal council for Frol Municipality from 1933 to 1949, except for the years 1940–1945 during the German occupation of Norway, and later a member of the municipal council of Levanger Municipality from 1959 to 1967. His political career ended with the position of County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag, which he held from 1971 to 1979.

Outside politics, he worked as a journalist in Arbeider-Avisen from 1937 to 1940, and was editor-in-chief of Hardanger Folkeblad from 1940 to 1941. From 1935 to 1940 he also worked as a farmer; he had no formal qualifications in the field of agriculture prior to becoming Minister of Agriculture.

References

  1. "Leif Granli" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded byHans Borgen Norwegian Minister of Agriculture
1963–1965 		Succeeded byBjarne Lyngstad
Preceded byBernt Ingvaldsen President of the Storting
1972–1973 		Succeeded byGuttorm Hansen
Preceded byOle Bae County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag
1971–1979 		Succeeded byOla H. Kveli
Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway
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