predecessor successor children birth_place religion nationality party office profession birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
valgerd svarstad haugland gudmund hernes tore tønne ingjerd schou knut hanssen arild hareide tore tønne ansgar gabrielsen bjarne håkon four oslo , norway church of norway norwegian christian democratic party leader and social affairs minister of health minister of labour and of social affairs the christian democratic party minister of health political scientist 2 december 1957 23 18 june 2004 january 2004 17 october 1997 19 october 2001 dagfinn hoybratengeneralsekretaer -lrb- 1 -rrb- . jpg dagfinn høybråten
 30 17 october 2005 april 2011 17 march 2000 18 june 2004 dagfinn høybråten politician university of oslo
dagfinn høybråten

dagfinn høybråten -lrb- born 2 december 1957 -rrb- , is a norwegian politician .
he was the leader of the christian democratic party 2004-2011 .
he was also parliamentary leader from 2005 when he was elected as member of parliament representing rogaland .
he was vice president of the norwegian parliament 2011-2013 .
høybråten was granted leave from his duty as member of parliament from march 2013 to take up the position as secretary general of the nordic council of ministers .
he has been board member of the gavi alliance since 2006 , and chair of the board since 2011 .
he was chairman of the the young christian democrats -lrb- norwegian krfu -rrb- 1979-1982 .
høybråten has been part of the political leadership of every government the christian democratic party has been part of since the early 1980 's , first as a political adviser to minister of church and education kjell magne bondevik1983-1986 , later as state secretary in the ministry of finance 1989-1990 , minister of health 1997-2000 and 2001-2004 as well as minister of labour and social affairs 2004-2005 .
høybråten has also served as the director general of norway social security administration1997-2004 , an executive director of the norwegian association of local government1990-1993 and a chief executive of the municipality of oppegård 1994-1996 .
mr høybråten holds a degree in political science from the university of oslo .
