Per Almar Aas Explained

Birth Date:11 June 1929
Birth Place:Ballangen Municipality
Death Date:18 May 2014
Party:Christian Democratic Party
Office:Norwegian Parliament
Term Start:1973
Term End:1989
Office1:Troms county council
Term1:1971 - 1975
Office2:Municipal council of Harstad Municipality
Term2:1967 - 1971

Per Almar Aas (11 June 1929 – 18 May 2014) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Life and career

Aas was born in Ballangen Municipality. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1973, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1969 - 1973.

On the local level he was a member of the municipal council for Harstad Municipality from 1967 to 1971. From 1971 to 1975 he was a member of Troms county council. He chaired the county party chapter from 1970 to 1973, and was a member of the national party board from 1970 to 1973 and 1985 to 1999. Outside politics he started his career as a manual laborer in Ballangen Municipality (1945–1950), Snåsa Municipality (1951), Ørsta Municipality (1951–1952) and Volda Municipality (1952–1953). In 1969 he settled in Harstad Municipality to become a school teacher.