Leif Helge Kongshaug | |
Birth Date: | July 31, 1949 |
Birth Place: | Averøy, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Politician, Teacher, Counselor, Farmer |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Office1: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start1: | 1997 |
Term End1: | 2001 |
Office2: | State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food |
Term Start2: | Second cabinet Bondevik |
Office3: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start3: | 2005 |
Office4: | Mayor of Averøy |
Term Start4: | 1986 |
Office5: | Member of Averøy Municipal Council |
Term Start5: | 1979 |
Term End5: | 1997 |
Leif Helge Kongshaug (born 31 July 1949 in Averøy) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
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.