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office</b></span><br />9 October 1985 – 30 September 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olav_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Olav V of Norway">Olav V</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Harald_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Harald V of Norway">Harald V</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A5re_Willoch" title="Kåre Willoch">Kåre Willoch</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Gro_Harlem_Brundtland" title="Gro Harlem Brundtland">Gro Harlem Brundtland</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Jan_P._Syse" title="Jan P. 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Syse</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Vice President</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reiulf_Steen" title="Reiulf Steen">Reiulf Steen</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kirsti_Kolle_Gr%C3%B8ndahl" title="Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl">Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Per_Hysing-Dahl" title="Per Hysing-Dahl">Per Hysing-Dahl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kirsti_Kolle_Gr%C3%B8ndahl" title="Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl">Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_leader" title="Parliamentary leader">Parliamentary leader</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 1981 – 30 September 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A5re_Willoch" title="Kåre Willoch">Kåre Willoch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Himself <br /> <a href="/wiki/Erling_Norvik" title="Erling Norvik">Erling Norvik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A5re_Willoch" title="Kåre Willoch">Kåre Willoch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jan_P._Syse" title="Jan P. Syse">Jan P. Syse</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 May 1980 – 25 August 1984</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">First Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kon_Randal" title="Håkon Randal">Håkon Randal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Second Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astrid_Gjertsen" title="Astrid Gjertsen">Astrid Gjertsen</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kaci_Kullmann_Five" title="Kaci Kullmann Five">Kaci Kullmann Five</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erling_Norvik" title="Erling Norvik">Erling Norvik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Erling Norvik</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader" title="Deputy leader">First Deputy Leader of the</a> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 April 1978 – 4 May 1980</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Erling Norvik</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lars_T._Platou" title="Lars T. Platou">Lars T. Platou</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kon_Randal" title="Håkon Randal">Håkon Randal</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader" title="Deputy leader">Second Deputy Leader of the</a> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 May 1974 – 16 April 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Erling Norvik</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Per_Hysing-Dahl" title="Per Hysing-Dahl">Per Hysing-Dahl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astrid_Gjertsen" title="Astrid Gjertsen">Astrid Gjertsen</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Storting" title="Storting">Member of the Norwegian Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 1965 – 30 September 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akershus" title="Akershus">Akershus</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Josef Elias Benkowitz</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1924-08-15</span>)</span>15 August 1924<br /><a href="/wiki/Trondheim" title="Trondheim">Trondheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag" title="Sør-Trøndelag">Sør-Trøndelag</a>, Norway</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">18 May 2013<span style="display:none">(2013-05-18)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a>, Norway</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Norway">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Annelise_H%C3%B8egh" title="Annelise Høegh">Annelise Høegh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">photographer</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jo Benkow</b> (born <b>Josef Elias Benkowitz</b>; 15 August 1924 – 18 May 2013) was a Norwegian politician and writer, notable for being an important person in the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Norway">Conservative Party of Norway</a>, and the President of the Parliament 1985–1993. He was also President of the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_Council" title="Nordic Council">Nordic Council</a> in 1983. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Private_life">Private life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo_Benkow&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Private life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jo Benkow was born in <a href="/wiki/Trondheim" title="Trondheim">Trondheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> to Jewish parents, Ivan Benkow (1885–1955) and Annie Louise Florence (1895–1942). The family moved to the municipality of <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A6rum" title="Bærum">Bærum</a> outside <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> when Jo was a child. Jo Benkow married Bjørg Gerda Folkestad (1930–2012) in 1952, but the marriage dissolved in 1983. From 1985 he was married to fellow politician <a href="/wiki/Annelise_H%C3%B8egh" title="Annelise Høegh">Annelise Høegh</a> (1948–2015),<sup id="cite_ref-snl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> former parliamentary representative for the Conservative Party, and daughter of war aviator Anders Høegh (1920– 1989). He was the uncle of journalistic fraudster <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Benkow" title="Bjørn Benkow">Bjørn Benkow</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1940–2010). </p><p>As a member of the tiny Jewish <a href="/wiki/Jews_in_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews in Norway">minority of Norway</a>, he experienced first-hand prejudice while growing up. In 1942, he fled persecution by the <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazis</a> occupying Norway, to Sweden. His mother and sister were deported by the Nazi regime from Norway and murdered in <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp" title="Auschwitz concentration camp">Auschwitz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jo reached the United Kingdom where he served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Royal Norwegian Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned after the war and took up photography as a trade, his father's profession. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo_Benkow&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965 he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Norway">Parliament of Norway</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Norway">Conservative Party</a>. In parliament he soon became a leading figure, as party leader 1980–84, group leader of the Conservative Party in parliament 1981–85 and most notably becoming <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Storting" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Storting">President of the Storting</a> (Speaker) on 9 October 1985, a position he held until his retirement on 30 September 1993, after 28 years in parliament. </p><p>Benkow served as president of the <a href="/wiki/International_Helsinki_Federation_for_Human_Rights" title="International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights">International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights</a>, taught <a href="/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations">international relations</a> at <a href="/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University">Boston University</a>, and has written books on human rights, modern monarchy in Norway, and other issues. His <a href="/wiki/Autobiography" title="Autobiography">autobiography</a> <i>Fra Synagogen til Løvebakken</i> (<i>From the synagogue to Løvebakken</i>; Løvebakken refers to a place outside the Parliament) published in 1985 sold 250,000 copies in Norway and earned him the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Booksellers%27_Prize" title="Norwegian Booksellers' Prize">Norwegian Booksellers' Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His book <i>Olav</i> – <i>menneske og monark</i> ("Olav – Man and Monarch"), a product of several conversations with his friend King <a href="/wiki/Olav_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Olav V of Norway">Olav V</a>, was a huge bestseller as well. </p><p>He was also a much sought-after lecturer on issues concerning the Middle East and <a href="/wiki/Anti-Semitism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Semitism">Anti-Semitism</a>. In recent years he managed to create some controversy when he criticized former prime minister and party colleague <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A5re_Willoch" title="Kåre Willoch">Kåre Willoch</a>, calling him "the most biased person in the country," on account of Willoch's views on the Middle East and his criticism of Israeli politics.<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Aftenposten782946"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Benkow#endnote_Aftenposten782946">[2]</a></sup> </p><p>Benkow died on 18 May 2013, at a hospital in Oslo, aged 88.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo_Benkow&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Medal_1940%E2%80%931945" title="Defence Medal 1940–1945">Defence Medal 1940–1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Booksellers%27_Prize" title="Norwegian Booksellers' Prize">Norwegian Booksellers' Prize</a>, 1985</li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Rose_of_Finland" title="Order of the White Rose of Finland">Order of the White Rose of Finland</a>, 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Decoration_of_Honour_in_Gold_for_Services_to_the_Republic_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria">Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria</a>, 1996</li> <li>Knights of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Order of St. Olav</a>, 1998</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo_Benkow&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Fra synagogen til Løvebakken</i> (1985); <i>From Synagogue to Parliament</i></li> <li><i>Folkevalgt</i> (1988); <i>Elected by the People</i></li> <li><i>Haakon, Maud og Olav. Et minnealbum i tekst og bilder</i> (1989); <i>Haakon, Maud and Olav. A Memorial Album of Text and Images</i></li> <li><i>Hundre år med konge og folk</i> (1990); <i>A Hundred Years with King and Nation</i></li> <li><i>Olav – menneske og monark</i> (1991); <i>Olav – Man and Monarch</i></li> <li><i>Det ellevte bud</i> (1994, with afterword by <a href="/wiki/Elie_Wiesel" title="Elie Wiesel">Elie Wiesel</a>); <i>The Eleventh Commandment</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo_Benkow&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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title="Lars Roar Langslet">Lars Roar Langslet</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jo_Benkow/utdypning">Jo Benkow</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Norwegian)</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Store_norske_leksikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Store norske leksikon">Store norske leksikon</a></i>, retrieved 18 May 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2007/05/07/499914.html">Juksemaker'n – portrettet – Dagbladet.no</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geni.com/people/Annie-Louise-Florence/6000000020720279051">Annie Louise Florence </a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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