Turid Thomassen (born 19 April 1965) is a Norwegian politician who was party leader of the Norwegian Red party from 2010 to 2012, succeeding Torstein Dahle .
Born in Stathelle , Telemark , Thomassen works in the administration offices of the Department for Television Education and Film Science at the Lillehammer University College , where she is also the highest union representative for the Norwegian Civil Service Union .
Since 1999, she has been a member of Lillehammer city council and at the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2009 , she was her party's first candidate on the county ballot for Oppland .
Thomassen was elected as party leader of Red at the party's general assembly on 30 May 2010[ 1] after many years as member of Red Youth , Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party . She was succeeded by Bjørnar Moxnes at the 2012 general assembly on 6 May.[ 2]
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