Jon Blaalid (born 1 May 1947) is a

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civil servant. He was born in

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, and holds the

cand.oecon. Candidatus oeconomices (male) or Candidata oeconomices (female), often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Education in Denmark, Danish, Háskóli Íslands, Icelandic and Higher education in Norway, Norwegian universities ...

degree in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

. He worked for

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from 1974 to 1979 and the

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from 1979 to 1987. From 1988 to 1990 he was deputy under-secretary of state in the

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, and from 1990 to 1997 he was deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Local Government. From 1997 to 2004 he was the executive director of

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, except for the period 2000 to 2001 when he was the acting director of

Aetat Aetat (short for no, Arbeidsmarkedsetaten) was a Norway, Norwegian etat, government agency responsible for battling unemployment. History It had its roots in the Directorate of Labour ( no, Arbeidsdirektoratet), which was founded in 1945. Its pu ...

. He succeeded

Ted Hanisch Theodor "Ted" Hanisch (born 20 April 1947) is a Norwegian sociologist, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Tønsberg. He graduated with the mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) in sociology, and was a director at the Nor ...

who was fired with immediate effect.

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