Jonny Finstad
Jonny Finstad | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Vestvågøy Municipality | |
| Assumed office 3 October 2023 | |
| Deputy | Pål Krüger |
| Preceded by | Remi Solberg |
| In office October 2007 – 9 October 2015 | |
| Deputy | Elisabeth Holand |
| Preceded by | Guri Ingebrigtsen |
| Succeeded by | Remi Solberg |
| Member of the Storting | |
| In office 1 October 2017 – 30 September 2021 | |
| Constituency | Nordland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1966 Leknes, Nordland, Norway |
| Party | Conservative |
Jonny Finstad (born 19 May 1966) is a Norwegian politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the mayor of Vestvågøy Municipality since 2023, having previously held the position between 2007 and 2015. He also served as a member of the Storting, Norway's parliament, from the constituency of Nordland between 2017 and 2021.[1]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Local politics
[edit | edit source]Finstad served as mayor of Vestvågøy Municipality between 2007 and 2015, being re-elected in 2011. He was succeeded by Remi Solberg from the Labour Party following the 2015 local elections.[2][3] He returned to the position following the 2023 local elections, succeeding Solberg.[4][5]
Parliament
[edit | edit source]Finstad served as deputy member of the Storting from Nordland between 2013 and 2017 and was later elected as a regular representative to the Storting from the same constituency at the 2017 election.[1]
He announced in September 2020 that he had been diagnosed with cancer and therefore would not seek re-election at the 2021 election.[6]
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