# Akhtar Chaudhry

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**Haque Nawaz Akhtar Chaudhry** (born 23 July 1961) is a [Pakistani-Norwegian](/source/Norwegians_of_Pakistani_descent) politician for the [Socialist Left Party](/source/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)) and 4th Vice President (deputy speaker) of the [Norwegian parliament](/source/Stortinget) from 2009 to 2013. He came to Norway from [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan) in 1982.[1]

Chaudhry served in the position of deputy representative to the [Norwegian Parliament](/source/Stortinget) from [Oslo](/source/Oslo) during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. Halfway into the latter term, in 2007, he moved up as a regular representative as [Heidi Sørensen](/source/Heidi_S%C3%B8rensen) (who in turn filled in for [Kristin Halvorsen](/source/Kristin_Halvorsen)) was appointed State Secretary. He has been a member of Parliament since then. When Sørensen returned to Parliament in 2012, [Heikki Holmås](/source/Heikki_Holm%C3%A5s) joined the cabinet, so from then Chaudry replaced him in Parliament.

On 4 December 2012, Chaudry lost a nomination election in Oslo SV for the top spot on the party's ballot in the [Norwegian parliamentary election of 2013](/source/2013_Norwegian_parliamentary_election). He was not interested in spots further down the ballot and was not reelected to the parliament in 2013.[2]

## References

1. Stokke, Olga & Nina Berglund (12 December 2006). ["Top 10 immigrants named"](http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1567550.ece). *Aftenposten*. Retrieved 24 October 2007.

1. Martin Herman Wiedswang Zondag: [Holmås vant SV-thrilleren](http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.9422553) NRK, 4 December 2012

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