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{{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox office holder
| name                = Terje Riis-Johansen
| image               = Terje Riis-Johansen (cropped).jpg
| office              = [[County council (Norway)|County Mayor]] of [[Vestfold og Telemark]]
| term_start          = 1 January 2020
| term_end            = 31 December 2023{{efn|name=note|Although Telemark and Vestfold did not separate before 31 December 2023, the county council was split before the separation of the counties. Riis-Johansen was thus succeeded by Anne Strømøy in Vestfold on 18 October 2023, followed by Sven Tore Løkslid in Telemark on 23 October 2023. Riis-Johansen served a ceremonial role with no effective power from 23 October 2023 till 31 December 2023.}}
| predecessor         = ''Office established''<br/>Rune Hogsnes ([[Vestfold]])<br/>Sven Tore Løkslid ([[Telemark]])|
| successor           = ''Office disestablished''<br/>Anne Strømøy (Vestfold)<br/>Sven Tore Løkslid (Telemark)
| office1             = [[County council (Norway)|County Mayor]] of [[Telemark]]
| term_start1         = 5 October 2011
| term_end1           = 13 October 2015
| predecessor1        = [[Gunn Marit Helgesen]]
| successor1          = Sven Tore Løkslid
| office2             = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (Norway)|Minister of Petroleum and Energy]]
| primeminister2      = [[Jens Stoltenberg]]
| term_start2         = 20 June 2008
| term_end2           = 4 March 2011
| predecessor2        = [[Åslaug Haga]]
| successor2          = [[Ola Borten Moe]]
| office3             = [[Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Norway)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]]
| primeminister3      = Jens Stoltenberg
| term_start3         = 17 October 2005
| term_end3           = 20 June 2008
| predecessor3        = [[Lars Sponheim]]
| successor3          = [[Lars Peder Brekk]]
| office4             = [[Storting|Member of the Norwegian Parliament]]
| term_start4         = 1 October 1993
| term_end4           = 30 September 1997
| constituency4       = [[Telemark]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1968|03|15|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Skien]], Norway
| party               = [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]]
}}
'''Terje Riis-Johansen''' (born 15 March 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]].

Riis-Johansen was born in [[Skien]]. He was elected to the [[Storting|Norwegian Parliament]] from [[Telemark]] in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, during the [[first cabinet Bondevik]], he was appointed political advisor in the [[Norwegian Ministry of Finance|Ministry of Finance]]. In 2005, during the [[second cabinet Stoltenberg]], he was appointed [[Minister of Agriculture and Food (Norway)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]], but changed department in 2008 and served as [[Minister of Petroleum and Energy (Norway)|Minister of Petroleum and Energy]]. On 4 March 2011 he was succeeded by fellow Centre Party politician [[Ola Borten Moe]].

On the local level he was a member of [[Skien]] municipality council from 1991 to 1995. During the same term he was also a member of Telemark county council.

After the [[2011 Norwegian local elections]] the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Riis-Johansen became Telemark's county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Høyre vinner fylkesduellen|work=Kommunal Rapport|date=22 September 2011|page=10|language=Norwegian|author=Holmquist, Tone}}</ref>

Riis-Johansen was a member of the board of [[Nei til EU]] from 1995 to 1997, of [[Telemark University College]] from 2000 to 2003 and of the [[Norwegian Farmers' Union]] from 2000 to 2005.

Riis-Johansen served as the only county mayor of [[Vestfold og Telemark]] between 2020 and 2023, when the county was split into the new and re-established counties of [[Telemark]] and [[Vestfold]]. He was succeeded by Anne Strømøy in Vestfold on 18 October 2023, followed by Sven Tore Løkslid in Telemark on 23 October 2023.

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Politicians from Skien]]
[[Category:Centre Party (Norway) politicians]]
[[Category:Ministers of agriculture and food of Norway]]
[[Category:Ministers of energy of Norway]]
[[Category:Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway]]
[[Category:Members of the Storting 1993–1997]]


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