Office: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start: | 1 October 2005 |
Term End: | 30 September 2021 |
Constituency: | Oslo |
Office2: | State Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start2: | 26 January 2001 |
Term End2: | 19 October 2001 |
Primeminister2: | Jens Stoltenberg |
Minister2: | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1952 |
Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Jan Bøhler (born 1 March 1952) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.[1] Until 2020, he was a member of the Labour Party. He served as a member of Parliament representing Oslo, from 2005 to 2021.
From January to October 2001, during the first cabinet Stoltenberg, Bøhler served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He left his position after his party lost the election.
Locally, Bøhler was the party secretary of the local party chapter from 2002, and leader from 2004. Between 1991 and 1995 he was secretary to the Oslo city council chairman Rune Gerhardsen.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 2005. He was re-elected three times since, but lost his seat in the 2021 election.[2]