Astri Aas-Hansen (born 16 December 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party.
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. She returned to her former job in Advokatfirmaet Elden.
She hails from
Lillesand
Lillesand () is List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality ...
, and graduated from the
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
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
Nesna University College ( no, Høgskolen i Nesna or ) was a university college, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, until it became part of Nord University in 2016. Its campus was in the village of Nesna in Nesna Municipality. In ...
.
References
1970 births
Living people
People from Lillesand
University of Oslo alumni
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian state secretaries
Norwegian women state secretaries
Norwegian women lawyers
21st-century Norwegian politicians
21st-century Norwegian women politicians
20th-century Norwegian lawyers
21st-century Norwegian lawyers
20th-century women lawyers
21st-century women lawyers
20th-century Norwegian women
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