Else-May Botten

{{Short description|Norwegian politician}}

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| name = Else-May Botten

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|08|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Halsa Municipality, Norway

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| caption = Botten in 2010

| citizenship = Norway

| nationality = Norwegian

| party = Labour Party

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| father = Kolbjørn Botten

| mother = Norveig Botten

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| profession = Politician

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| office = County Governor of Møre og Romsdal

| primeminister = Erna Solberg
Jonas Gahr Støre

| term_start = 1 October 2021

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| term_start2 = 2009

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Else-May Botten (born 16 August 1973, in Halsa Municipality) is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She was elected to the Storting from Møre og Romsdal county in 2009. She was deputy representative 2005–2009. In 2009, she was Møre og Romsdal Labour Party's 1st candidate to the Storting, and was elected as a representative. She was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.{{stortingetbio|EBO}} Accessed on 25 March 2019.

Botten has a background as secretary of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in the county since 1995. She was a member of the county council in Møre og Romsdal from 2003 to 2007. Botten grew up in Halsa Municipality in Nordmøre, and now lives in Molde Municipality in Romsdal.

On 26 October 2018, Botten was appointed by the Storting to be the new County Governor ({{lang|no|fylkesmann}}) of Møre og Romsdal county. Since she is currently a member of the Storting until 2021, she will not take office until her Parliamentary term is up in October 2021. From 2019 until 2021, Rigmor Brøste was appointed as the temporary acting governor.{{cite web|url=https://www.fylkesmannen.no/nb/More-og-Romsdal/Om-oss/Presserom/artikkel/|title=Utnemd til første kvinnelege fylkesmann i Møre og Romsdal|language=no|access-date=2019-03-25|publisher=Fylkesmannen.no}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fylkesmannen.no/nb/More-og-Romsdal/Nyheter/2019/02/Rigmor-Broste-ny-fylkesmann-i-More-og-Romsdal/|title=Rigmor Brøste ny fylkesmann i Møre og Romsdal|language=no|access-date=2019-03-25|publisher=Fylkesmannen.no|date=2019-02-08}}