Other Members of the Ministry’s Political
Team
Ms.
Lisbet Rugtvedt
State Secretary

Born
1967
Education: Studies at University of Oslo (Intellectual history)
Head
of the youth branch of Socialist Left Party 1990-92.
Member
of the National executive Committee of the Socialist Left Party 1999-98.
Secretary
for culture and urban planning at the Oslo Municipal Executive Board 1994-95.
Alternate
member of the Norwegian parliament 1997 – 2001.
Member
of parliament/Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs 2000 – 2001.
Political
adviser on foreign affairs and defence, Norwegian parliament/Socialist Left
Party 2001 - 2005.
Mr. Per Botolf Maurseth
State Secretary

Born
1969.
Per Maurseth comes from a post as senior research
officer and head of the department of international economics at the Norwegian
Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
Education: He
holds the degrees of Cand. Oecon. and Dr. Polit. in social economics from the University
of Oslo.
Work
Experience: He has been employed
at the Norwegian research institute NUPI
since 1996.
He is member of
the Socialist Left Party's international committee, and has earlier been member
of the national and the central board of the party's youth movement.