Liv Signe Navarsete

Liv Signe Navarsete
County Governor of Vestland
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2022
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded by	Lars Sponheim
Leader of the Centre Party
In office 12 September 2008 – 7 April 2014
First Deputy	Lars Peder Brekk Ola Borten Moe
Second Deputy	Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
Preceded by	Åslaug Haga
Succeeded by	Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
Parliamentary Leader of the Centre Party
In office 16 October 2013 – 9 April 2014
Leader	Herself
Preceded by	Lars Peder Brekk
Succeeded by	Marit Arnstad
Minister of Local Government
In office 20 October 2009 – 16 October 2013
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Succeeded by	Jan Tore Sanner
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 17 October 2005 – 20 October 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Torild Skogsholm
Succeeded by	Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2021
Deputy	Erling Sande Jenny Følling
Constituency	Sogn og Fjordane
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-23) 23 October 1958 (age 65) Sogndal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Political party	Centre
Spouse	Lars Petter Nesse
Children	2
Alma mater	Sogn og Fjordane University College University of Bergen

Liv Signe Navarsete (born 23 October 1958 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. She has served as county governor of Vestland county since 2022. She previously served as Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2013, Minister of Transport from 2005 to 2009 and party leader from 2008 to 2014. On 11 February 2014, she announced that she would retire as the leader of the party in April. She was succeeded by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.

She was also political advisor to the Minister of Health and Social Affairs (social affairs) from 1999 to 2000. Navarsete was appointed as leader of the Centre Party in September 2008, having until then been the deputy leader.^[1]