| Leif Jørgen Aune | |
| Office: | Minister of Local Government |
| Term Start: | 16 October 1973 |
| Term End: | 11 January 1978 |
| Primeminister: | Trygve Bratteli Odvar Nordli |
| Predecessor: | Johan Skipnes |
| Successor: | Arne Nilsen |
| Office2: | State Secretary for the Ministry of Local Government |
| Term Start2: | 19 March 1971 |
| Term End2: | 18 October 1972 |
| Primeminister2: | Trygve Bratteli |
| Minister2: | Odvar Nordli |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Bodø, Norway |
| Death Place: | Fredrikstad, Norway |
| Occupation: | Economist, politician |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Party: | Labour Party |
Leif Jørgen Aune (7 June 1925 – 20 July 2019)[1] was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.
From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour. He left the position when the first cabinet Bratteli fell in 1972, and from 1973 to 1978 he served as Minister of Local Government and Labour in the second cabinet Bratteli and the cabinet Nordli. He resigned on 11 January 1978.
Outside politics, he graduated as cand.oecon. in 1951 and worked mainly with regional development. He was director of the Regional Development Fund from 1978 to 1990. In addition, he was a member of the board of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, Ullevål University Hospital as well as various other councils, boards and agencies.