Leif Jørgen Aune is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 economist and 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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From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli

First cabinet Bratteli

The Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli.On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle...

, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour

Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections...

. He lost his job when the first cabinet Bratteli fell in 1972, but from 1973 to 1978 he served as Minister of Local Government and Labour

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway)

The Minister of Local Government and Regional Development is a Norwegian minister that is head of the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development...

 in the second cabinet Bratteli

Second cabinet Bratteli

Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 16 October 1973 and 15 January 1976. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-State Secretaries:-References:* - Regjeringen.no...

 and the cabinet Nordli. He resigned on 11 January 1978.

Outside of politics, he graduated as cand.oecon.

Cand.oecon.

Candidatus oeconomices or Candidata oeconomices , often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Danish and Norwegian universities. It is roughly equivalent to a Master of Economics, but it consists of 4+2 years, and was based on a four year cand.mag.. The degree was replaced...

 in 1951 and worked mainly with regional development. He was director of the Regional Development Fund

Regional Development Fund

The Regional Development Fund was a government agency and bank in Norway tasked with promoting regional development by counselling, loans and subsidies. The fund was established in 1961 and existed until 1993, when it was merged with the Industry Bank and the Industry Fund to form the Norwegian...

 from 1978 to 1990. In addition he was a member of the board of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse

Christiania Bank

Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, branded domestically as Kreditkassen or K-Bank and internationally as Christiania Bank was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1848 and 2000 when it merged with MeritaNordbanken and became Nordea...

, 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...

as well as various other councils, boards and agencies.