{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1920–2016)}} {{Expand Norwegian|topic=bio|Jakob Aano|date=July 2013}} '''Jakob Aano''' (10 April 1920 – 10 February 2016) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Sauda Municipality.<ref name="sb">{{stortingetbio|JAAA}}</ref>
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions. He was never involved in local politics, but was the first vice leader of the national party from 1983 to 1985.<ref name="sb" />
He graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1948. He wrote for ''Vårt Land'' from 1945 to 1959, and was a reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1959 to 1963 meanwhile he was working as a school rector in Tanzania. He was later hired by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. He was a member of the council of the Norwegian branch of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights from 1983 to 1990, a member of the Arts Council Norway from 1989 to 1992, and a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991 to 1999.<ref name="sb" />
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