Ola T. Lånke Explained

Ola T. Lånke
Office:Vice President of the Odelsting
Term Start:2 October 2006
Term End:30 September 2009
President:Inge Lønning
Predecessor:Jon Lilletun
Successor:Position abolished
Office2:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start2:1 October 1993
Term End2:30 September 2009
Constituency2:Sør-Trøndelag
Birth Date:18 March 1948
Birth Place:Rennebu, Norway
Occupation:Politician
Party:Christian Democratic
Father:Arnt Lånke
Mother:Elise Randine Espås

Ola Torgeir Lånke (born 18 March 1948 in Rennebu) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Lånke was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1993, and has been re-elected on three occasions. On the local level he was a member of Trondheim city council from 1991 to 1993.

Lånke was the chairman of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party, from 1975 to 1976. Since 1997 he has been a member of the national Christian Democratic Party board.

Outside politics Lånke has worked as a priest, having graduated from the MF Norwegian School of Theology as cand.theol. in 1977.

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