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Prime Minister is on sick leave for one week

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Published under: Bondevik's 1st Government

Publisher: The Office of the Prime Minister

Press Release

No: 112/1998

Date: 31 August 1998 (English version 18 September 1998)

The Prime Minister is on sick leave for one week

The Prime Minister, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, has by his physician been put on sick leave, preliminarily for one week beginning Sunday 30 August, because of a depressive reaction due to overload.

The Minister of Culture, Ms. Anne Enger Lahnstein, is Acting Prime Minister during Mr. Bondevik’s absence.

The Prime Minister’s planned visit to the Middle East 7-12 September, has been postponed.

 

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