André Kvakkestad | |
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| member of the Parliament of Norway | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| deputy member of theParliament of Norway | |
| In office 1997–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progress Party |
| Occupation | lawyer |
André Kvakkestad (born 28 October 1971) is a Norwegianlawyer andpolitician for theProgress Party.
Kvakkestad was born inOslo as the son of director Willy R. Rahm and manager Elisabeth S. Kvakkestad. He attended Hebekk School (1978–84), Ski Lower Secondary School (1984–87), Ski Upper Secondary School (1987–1990) and studied law at theUniversity of Oslo from 1990 to 1995. Since 2007, he has held a license as a lawyer.
He has been a memberSki Municipal Council since 1991, the first two years as a regularly meeting deputy, and sat on the executive board from 1993 to 2003 and since 2006. He was a member ofAkershus County Council from 1995 to 2003, and also sat on the executive board those years. From 1999 to 2003, he sat on the Akershus board of theNorwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. He was chair of Ski Progress Party from 1999 to 2001 and from 2006 to 2007. From 1997 to 2001, Kvakkestad was a deputy member of theParliament of Norway for Akershus, and from 2000 to 2001 worked as an advisor for the parliamentary group. From 2001 to 2005, he was a regular member of parliament where he sat in theStanding Committee on Justice. He also participated in the parliamentary delegation to theEuropean Council.
Prior to the2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, the nomination committee of Akershus Progress Party wanted Kvakkestad as their top candidate for the election. The local chapter inRomerike held a secret meeting, without inviting members from Skedsmo or other parts of Akershus. At the nomination meeting, Kvakkestad and the other three top candidates were removed and replaced by people from Skedsmo. Kvakkestad stated afterwards that he felt that there had been a campaign against him intending to remove him as member of parliament due to him being gay.[1]
After retiring from parliament, Kvakkestad worked as a lawyer at Ingfrid O. Tveit from 2006 to 2007, and after that as asole proprietor,[2] He is married and currently resides inSki, Akershus. Kvakkestad isopenly gay.