Tor-Aksel Busch (born 17 March 1950) is a Norwegian jurist. He served as

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from 1997 to 2019.

Career

Busch was born in

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, and graduated as

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from the

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in 1974. From 1981 to 1987 he was a public prosecutor in

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, and from 1981 to 1987 assisting Director of Public Prosecutions. In 1997 he was appointed as

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, succeeding

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. Busch retired on 31 October 2019. During his career he prosecuted 138 cases for the

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. His last week as Director of Public Prosecutions was dominated by starting cleanup after it was revealed that a years-long unlawful practice by the

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had effected thousands of clients, including a number of fraud cases based on wrong premises.

Awards

Bush was awarded the

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in 2019. He was also awarded in 2019.

References

1950 births Living people Lawyers from Oslo Civil servants from Oslo University of Oslo alumni {{norway-law-bio-stub