Atle Hamar Explained

Office:state secretary of the Ministry of Climate and Environment
Term Start:2018
Term End:2020
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2000
Office2:Leader of the Young Liberals of Norway
Term Start2:1988
Term End2:1990
Party:Liberal Party
Birth Date:23 June 1963

Atle Hamar (born 23 June 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

From 1988 to 1990 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He was a member of Jølster municipal council and Sogn og Fjordane county council.[1]

In 1997, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications under Minister Odd Einar Dørum.[2] When Dørum changed ministry to the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1999, Hamar followed.[3] He was soon promoted to state secretary, and held this position until the first cabinet Bondevik fell in March 2000.[1]

Instead he was appointed director of the Norwegian Gaming Authority.[1] In 2006 he was elected chair of the International Association of Gaming Regulators.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1228932.html Atle Hamar
  2. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/private-secretariesprivate-advisorspolit/ministry-of-transport-and-communications.html?id=426561 Ministry of Transport and Communications. Private Secretary/Private Advisor/Political Advisor 1946-
  3. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/private-secretariesprivate-advisorspolit/ministry-of-justice-and-the-police.html?id=426553 Ministry of Justice and the Police. Private Secretary/Private Advisor/Political Advisor 1971-