{{short description|Norwegian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = William Engseth | image = William Engseth.jpg | office = Minister of Transport and Communications | term_start = 13 June 1988 | term_end = 16 October 1989 | prime_minister = Gro Harlem Brundtland | predecessor = Kjell Borgen | successor = Lars Gunnar Lie | office2 = Minister of Local Government | term_start2 = 20 February 1987 | term_end2 = 13 June 1988 | prime_minister2 = Gro Harlem Brundtland | predecessor2 = Leif Haraldseth | successor2 = Kjell Borgen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|08|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Målselv, Norway | party = Labour }} '''William Engseth''' (born 1 August 1933 in Målselv) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.snl.no/William_Engseth|title=William Engseth|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref> He was appointed Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1987, and in 1988 he became Minister of Transport and Communications 1988–1989.<ref name=snl/> In 1989 he was elected as a member of the Norwegian Parliament from Troms and held the seat to 1997.<ref name=stortingetbio>{{stortingetbio|WE}}</ref>
From 1990 to 1994 he was president of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.<ref name=stortingetbio/>
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{{Minister of Local Government and Modernisation (Norway)}} {{Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)}}
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