John Kristen Skogan (born 1942) is a Norwegian political scientist and politician for the
Conservative Party
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He 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
mag.art.
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degree (PhD equivalent) in 1971. He was a research assistant at the
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
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from 1967 to 1968 and a research associate at the
International Institute for Strategic Studies
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from 1974 to 1975. Since 1970 he has worked as a researcher at the
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs ( no, Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt; NUPI) is a Norwegian research institution based in Oslo, Norway. It was established by the Norwegian Parliament in 1959.
History
The Norwegian Institute of In ...
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From 1989 to 1990, when the
cabinet Syse
Syse's Cabinet was a minority centre-right Conservative, Centre, Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Second cabinet Brundtland after the 1989 election, and sat between 16 October 1989 and 3 November 1990. It was rep ...
held office, Skogan was appointed
State Secretary in the
Ministry of Defence.
External links
John K.Skoganon NUPI's website.
1942 births
Living people
Deputy members of the Storting
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian state secretaries
Norwegian political scientists
University of Oslo alumni
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