Jørn Sigurd Maurud Explained

Jørn Sigurd Maurud
Birth Date:	8 April 1960
Alma Mater:	University of Oslo
Occupation:	Jurist and civil servant
Partner:	Hanne Bjurstrøm^[1]

Jørn Sigurd Maurud (born 8 April 1960) is a Norwegian jurist. He is Director of Public Prosecutions from 1 November 2019.

Career

Maurud graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987. He has been assigned with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nord-Hedmark District Court, the law company Wikborg, Rein & Co., and the Supreme Court. From 1995 to 2010 he was a public prosecutor in Eidsivating.^[2] He was prosecutor in the widely media-covered Orderud case.^[3] From 2010 he was State's attorney in Oslo. In 2019 he was appointed as Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions, effective from 1 November, succeeding Tor-Aksel Busch.^{[2] [3]} At the time of his appointment, Maurud recused from handling of the so-called NAV scandal, due to his relationship to former Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Hanne Bjurstrøm.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Den nye riksadvokaten til VG: Inhabil i Nav-skandalen . Dennis . Ravndal . nrk.no . Norwegian . 1 November 2019 . 1 November 2019.
2. Web site: Jørn Sigurd Maurud blir ny riksadvokat . 11 October 2019 . regjeringen.no . Norwegian . 30 October 2019.
3. Web site: Jørn Maurud blir ny riksadvokat . Olav . Rønneberg . Kristian . Elster . Pedja . Kalajdzic . Brage Lie . Jor . Olav . Døvik . 11 October 2019 . nrk.no . Norwegian . 30 October 2019.