Johanne Gaup

Johanne Gaup (born 23 October 1950, in Tromsø) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Finnmark county in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997.

[1] In 1994, she became the first politician to speak one of the Sami languages from the Parliament chair.

[2] From 1997 to 2000, during Bondevik's First Cabinet, she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

[1] On the local level, she was a member of Finnmark county council from 1987 to 1991, and deputy mayor of Karasjok Municipality from 2003 to 2007.