Astri Aas-Hansen

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Astri Aas-Hansen
State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security
In office
February 2007 –April 2013
Monarch Harald V
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Personal details
Born (1970-12-16) December 16, 1970 (age 50)
Political party Labour Party
Alma mater University of Oslo

Astri Aas-Hansen (born 16 December 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. [1]

In 2005, when Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet assumed office, she was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. She was promoted to State Secretary in February 2007, and remained here until April 2013. [2] She returned to her former job in Advokatfirmaet Elden. [3]

She hails from Lillesand, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1999. From 1995 to 2002 she worked as an advisor for the Labour Party; since 2002 she has worked as a lawyer. She has also held lectures at the University of Oslo and Nesna University College.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tidligere statssekretær i JD Astri Aas-Hansen (Ap)" (in Norwegian). Government.no . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Rønning, Aina Johnsen. "Aas-Hansen: Utslitt og tilbake til Elden". Advokatbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 October 2013.


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