John Arthur Lunde (born 14 March 1948) is a

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civil servant. He holds the

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degree. He was hired in the

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in 1974, and was in the Norwegian

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delegation from 1976 to 1980. He was a deputy under-secretary of state from 1992 to 1995, and the permanent under-secretary of state (the highest-ranking civil servant position) from 1995 to 2008.

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