Hans Olav Østgaard (born 13 October 1944) is a Norwegian jurist.
He was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, and graduated with the
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
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degree in 1969. He was hired in the
Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Ministry of Justice and Public Security ( no, Det kongelige justis- og beredskapsdepartement) is a Norwegian government ministry that oversees justice, the police, and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the ministry is to provide ...
in 1970, and was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1982. In 1993 he was appointed as director of the
Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency.
He was pressured to resign in 1996, as the
Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee
Parliament's Intelligence Oversight Committee ( no, Stortingets kontrollutvalg for etterretnings-, overvåkings- og sikkerhetstjeneste), commonly known as the EOS Committee ( no, EOS-utvalget) is Norway's body responsible for supervising public int ...
found it unacceptable that
Berge Furre had been surveilled while sitting on the
Lund Commission
The Lund Report (Official title: "Dokument nr. 15 (1995-96) - Rapport til Stortinget fra kommisjonen som ble nedsatt av Stortinget for å granske påstander om ulovlig overvåking av norske borgere", in English: "Document no. 15 (1995-96) - Repor ...
.
Østgaard instead became assistant to the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1997.
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References
1944 births
Living people
Norwegian civil servants
Directors of government agencies of Norway
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