Lars Fause | |
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 Fause in 2010 | |
| Governor of Svalbard | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Kjerstin Askholt |
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| Born | 20 February 1965 Balsfjord,Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Tromsø (M.S.L.) |
Lars Fause (born 20 February 1965) is a Norwegian prosecutor and civil servant serving as the governor of Svalbard since 2021.
Fause is originally from Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county. [1] Fause graduated from the University of Tromsø in 1991 with a Master of Studies in Law. [2] Much of his family lives in Tromsø,where Fause resides when not in Svalbard. [3]
Following his graduation,Fause worked for the Oslo Police District as an assistant. [2] He also worked for a year as a police lawyer for the Troms Police District,and for the following two years at the Trondenes District Court as an assistant judge. [2] Fause worked from 1996 to 2002 as a public prosecutor at the public prosecution offices of Troms og Finnmark,and he received a promotion to the position of chief prosecutor in 2003. [2]
In 2008,Fause accepted a position as deputy governor of Svalbard,which he held until 2011. [4] He made headlines in October 2008 for becoming the first person to deny a person residence in Svalbard:a 28-year-old man who was said to be behind "many crimes". [5] After leaving office,he returned to his former position as chief prosecutor in Troms og Finnmark. [2] He held this position in his second stint from 2011 to 2020, [2] when he resigned to avoid a conflict of interest with his spouse. [6]
Fause took office as governor on 24 June 2021,following the departure of term-limited Governor Kjerstin Askholt. [2] He was selected over several other applicants,including judges Jørn Holme and Cecilie Østensen Berglund.[ citation needed ] He is limited to a maximum of two terms of three years each,according to the Svalbard Treaty,upon which point he would not be eligible for a third term. [7]
Fause is the first governor of Svalbard to have the gender-neutral title Sysselmester instead of the traditional masculine title Sysselmannen; [7] both words translate to English as 'governor',but the change was required as part of Norway's effort to replace gendered governmental titles. [8]
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