Torstein Dahle | |
|---|---|
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| Leader of the Red Party | |
| In office 11 March 2007 – 30 May 2010 | |
| Deputy | Ingrid Baltzersen Ana Lopez Taylor |
| Preceded by | None Himself as leader of the Red Electoral Alliance |
| Succeeded by | Turid Thomassen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1947 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Red |
| Residence(s) | Oslo, Norway |
| Alma mater | Norwegian School of Economics |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Profession | Economist |
Torstein Dahle (born 20 February 1947) is a Norwegian politician and economist. He works at the Bergen University College and represents Red Party in the city council of Bergen. Dahle was born in Oslo.
At age 14, Dahle joined Lambertseter Youth Conservatives (Unge Høyre). He attended Oslo Cathedral School and Oslo Commerce School.[1] After moving to Bergen in 1966, he moved to the far left and co-founded the Maoist group AKP(m-l) in the early 1970s. He remained in the party until 1997.
From 2003 to 2007, Dahle led the AKP(m-l)-initiated Red Electoral Alliance, which he had also helped establish. He continued to lead the Red Party, a 2007 merger of AKP(m-l) and the Red Electoral Alliance. In 2010, he was succeeded as Red Party leader by Turid Thomassen.
Dahle is openly gay since the late 1960s.[2]
- ^ Lee, Irina (August 2013). "Ser rødt i opposisjon". Magma (in Norwegian). Econas Informasjonsservice. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Dag og Tid article (in Norwegian) Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine