Stein Lier-Hansen
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Stein Lier-Hansen (born 9 May 1955) is a Norwegian organizational director and politician for the Labour Party. From 1988 to 1993 he was the general secretary of the
Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers {{Authority control Hunting organizations Organisations based in Asker 1871 establishments in Norway Organizations established in 1871 ...
, an organization with more than 100,000 members. He then became assisting director of the
Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management ( no, Direktoratet for naturforvaltning, DN) was Norway's national governmental body for preserving Norway's natural environment, including establishing and regulating national parks and other protec ...
in 1993, and director in 1995. During
Stoltenberg's First Cabinet Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has been serving as ...
, Lier-Hansen was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment. He held the position until after the
2001 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2001. Africa * 2001 Beninese presidential election * 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election * 2001 Chadian presidential election * 2001 Gabonese legislat ...
, which caused the cabinet to fall. In 2004 he became CEO of the Federation of Norwegian Process Industries, named
Federation of Norwegian Industries The Federation of Norwegian Industries ( no, Norsk Industri) is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Næringslivets Hovedorganisa ...
since a 2006 merger, an organization under the
Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon, NHO) is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 30,000 members. It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegi ...
umbrella. He succeeded Per Terje Vold.


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1955 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub