Lars Erik Flatø is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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A cand.mag.

Cand.mag.

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 by education, he worked in health administration, both at Ullevål University Hospital

Ullevål University Hospital

Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital was opened in 1887. From January 1, 2009, the hospital is part of the Oslo University Hospital.Ullevål has more than 8,600 employees. 940 of them are doctors and 2,400 nurses. With a total of 1,200 beds Ullevål, admits some 45,000 patients per year and its...

 and later as director of health and social affairs in Akershus county municipality

Akershus county municipality

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. Between 1993 and 1994 he was secretary to the city councillor of health in Oslo.

He was then a member of Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 city council during the term 1995–1999. During the cabinet Jagland

Cabinet Jagland

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, Bugge was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Health, while in the first cabinet Stoltenberg

First cabinet Stoltenberg

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 he was appointed State Secretary in the same ministry. During the second cabinet Stoltenberg

Second cabinet Stoltenberg

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, he was appointed chief of staff (stabssjef) in the Office of the Prime Minister

Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister

The Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister is a political and bureaucratic office that assists the Cabinet of Norway and the Prime Minister of Norway in the leadership of the Cabinet and Government. It has since 2005 been led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg . Minister and Chief of Staff is Karl...

. In late 2006 he sought to leave, and was replaced by Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen

Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen

Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and was a parliamentary representative for Finnmark from 1985 to 2009. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg...

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