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unusual facts about County governor



Bratsberg Amtstidende

Feilberg and "Ugebladet" was notably convicted of libel in 1837 and sentenced to pay 60 speciedaler; the complaint had been filed by County Governor Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg.

Paradis Station

In addition, it is located within walking distance of the County Governor and Stavanger University Hospital.

Peter Egardt

Peter Arvid Nils Egardt (born 1949) is a Swedish executive who served as Secretary of State for the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994, and who is the current County Governor (landshövding) of Uppsala County.


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Aage Rundberget

From 1998 to 2000, while County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag Kåre Gjønnes was appointed in the first cabinet Bondevik, Rundberget served as Acting County Governor.

Donglin Academy

In 1604, during the Wanli era, Gu Xiancheng (顧憲成 Gù Xiànchéng, (1550–1612), a Ming Grand Secretary, along with Gao Panlong (高攀龍 Gāo Pānlóng, 1562–1626), a scholar, with fellow scholars Qian Yiben(钱一本) and Yu Kongjian(余孔兼) restored the Donglin Academy on the same site with the financial backing of local gentry and officials from Changzhou state governor Ouyang Dongfeng(欧阳东风) and Wuxi county governor Linzai(林宰).

Elgeyo-Marakwet County

The County Governor is Alex Tolgos, the Senator is Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen, and County Women Representative is Susan Kipketer Chebet, all of the United Republican Party, an affiliate of the Jubilee Alliance.

Frederik Otto Scheel

He served as county governor of Stavanger Amt from 1785 to 1799, and is particularly remembered for his contribution to road construction in the district.

Harald Thune

From December 1991 to August 1993 he was acting County Governor, as Tora Aasland had been appointed in 1991 but served as a member of Parliament until 1993.

Ivar Lykke Falch Lind

Lind was mayor of Kinn municipality from 1923 to 1928, and from 1926 to 1928 he was temporary County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane after the County Governor Ingolf Elster Christensen was appointed to the cabinet Lykke.

San Elizario Salt War

In response to pleas from a frightened Anglo community (numbering fewer than 100 residents out of 5,000 in the county), Governor Richard B. Hubbard answered by sending to El Paso Major John B. Jones, commander of the Texas Rangers' Frontier Battalion.

Sogn og Fjordane

Oddvar Flæte has been the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane since 1994.