Ingvald Godal was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party and later the Conservative Party.
12 Facts About Ingvald Godal
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Ingvald Godal was involved in various organizations, most latterly the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya.
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Ingvald Godal spent one year in the His Majesty The King's Guard before enrolling in higher education.
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Ingvald Godal then spent one year in Asplan before settling in Vinje, Telemark to run a private business.
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Ingvald Godal lost this job when the cabinet Korvald fell following the 1973 election.
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Ingvald Godal was then a member of the municipal council for three years, sitting in the executive committee.
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Ingvald Godal had chaired the local party chapter in Oslo from 1969 to 1971, and chaired the regional chapter in Telemark from 1979 to 1981.
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Ingvald Godal was re-elected in 1989,1993 and 1997, finally retiring ahead of the 2001 election.
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Ingvald Godal was previously involved in defence politics as vice president of the pro-military organization Norges Forsvarsforening from 1985 to 1987.
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Ingvald Godal chaired the regional chapter of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities from 1975 to 1979, the nationwide hydropower interest group Nationwide Association of Hydropower Municipalities from 1977 to 1985, and the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya from 2002 to 2007 of which he was a board member.
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Ingvald Godal was decorated Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania in 2012.
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Ingvald Godal died on 28 January 2019 at the age of 84.