Jon Reidar Øyan

{{Short description|Norwegian gay rights activist}}

File:Jon Reidar Øyan Europride parade 2005.jpg

Jon Reidar Øyan (born 15 April 1981) is a Norwegian gay rights activist and politician for the Labour Party.

He made his mark as leader of the Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation, and stepped down in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.blikk.no/nyheter/sak.html?kat=1&id=14343 |title=Hyllet som ny leder |last=Olsen |first=Hege |date=8 June 2008 |work=Blikk |language=Norwegian |accessdate=28 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724174656/http://www.blikk.no/nyheter/sak.html?kat=1&id=14343 |archivedate=24 July 2011 }} He was then hired as an advisor for the parliamentary group of the Norwegian Labour Party. He had a background as a member of the municipal council of Snillfjord Municipality. In October 2009 he was appointed political advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.{{cite news|url=http://www.avisa-st.no/nyheter/politikk/article1248027.ece|title=Øyan blir politisk rådgiver|last=Morken|first=Catharina|date=28 October 2009|work=Sør-Trøndelag|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 October 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101033859/http://www.avisa-st.no/nyheter/politikk/article1248027.ece|archivedate=1 November 2009}} From November to December 2011 he was an acting State Secretary in the Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs.{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/jens-stoltenbergs-second-government.html?id=449424|title=Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government|date=15 February 2008 |publisher=Government.no|accessdate=21 May 2012}} He was later a personal adviser to Helga Pedersen.{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/02/23/nyheter/innenriks/helga_pedersen/arbeiderpartiet/31986135/|title=- Viktig at alle bidrar til å sverte den nye regjeringen|last=Ruud|first=Hans Martin Thømt|date=23 February 2014|work=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=23 February 2014}}