Per Kleppe

Per Andreas Hildhe Kleppe (born 13 April 1923 in Oslo) is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.

Per Kleppe
Kleppe in 2009.
Minister of Finance
In office 16 October 1973 – 8 October 1979
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli Odvar Nordli
Preceded by	Jon Ola Norbom
Succeeded by	Ulf Sand
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office 17 March 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by	Otto G. Tidemand
Succeeded by	Hallvard Eika
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 24 September 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hallvard Eika
Personal details
Born	Per Andreas Hildhe Kleppe 13 April 1923 Oslo, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Margaretha Ström
Children	Astri Kleppe

As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in during the term 1954–1957. On the local level he was a deputy member of Oslo city council from 1951 to 1955.

Kleppe graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.oecon. degree in 1956. He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1957 to 1962. He was the Minister of Trade and Shipping in 1971–1972 during the first cabinet Bratteli, and later headed the Ministry of Finance from 1973 to 1979 during the second cabinet Bratteli and the cabinet Nordli. In 1979 he was replaced by Ulf Sand, but Kleppe returned in 1981 to head the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning (until 1981).

In 1981 he took over as general secretary of the European Free Trade Association, a position he held until 1988.

References

• "Per Kleppe" (in Norwegian). Storting.