What is Per Kleppe?
[[File:Per Kleppe.jpg|thumb|Per Kleppe in Oslo April 2009]] '''Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe''' (13 April 1923 &ndash; 10 March 2021) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] economist and politician. He was a member of the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]]. He served in the position of deputy representative to the [[Stortinget|Norwegian Parliament]] from [[Oslo]] from 1954&ndash;1957. He was a deputy member of [[Oslo]] city council from 1951 to 1955.<ref>[https://nbl.snl.no/Per_Kleppe Per Kleppe biography]</ref> Kleppe was born in [[Oslo]]. He graduated from the [[University of Oslo]] in 1956. He was appointed State Secretary in the [[Norwegian Ministry of Finance|Ministry of Finance]] from 1957 to 1962. He was the [[Minister of Trade and Shipping]] from 1971&ndash;1972. He later served as Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1979. 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. Kleppe died on 10 March 2021 in Oslo, aged 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/tidlegare-finansminister-per-kleppe-_ap_-er-dod-1.15413828 |website=nrk.no |title=Tidlegare finansminister Per Kleppe (Ap) er død |language=no |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleppe, Per}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian economists]] [[Category:Politicians from Oslo]] {{bio-stub}}