Terje Moe Gustavsen

Terje Moe Gustavsen (20 October 1954 – 4 May 2019) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and a civil servant.

Terje Moe Gustavsen
Gustafson holding a speech in Trondheim
Director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads
In office 12 November 2007 – 4 May 2019
Preceded by	Olav Søfteland
Succeeded by	Ingrid Dahl Hovland
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Dag Jostein Fjærvoll
Succeeded by	Torild Skogsholm
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-20)20 October 1954 Larvik, Norway
Died	4 May 2019(2019-05-04) (aged 64)
Political party	Labour Party

Biography

He was state secretary to the Prime Minister in 1997, and Minister of Transport and Communications 2000–2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg.^[1] Among others he became known for sacking the board of directors in the Norwegian State Railways in 2000.^[2]

In 2007 he was appointed director of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. He died of a lung infection on 4 May 2019 at the age of 64.^[3]