Atle Hamar

Atle Hamar
state secretary of the Ministry of Climate and Environment
In office 2018–2020
state secretary of the Ministry of Justice and the Police
In office 1999–2000
Leader of the Young Liberals of Norway
In office 1988–1990
Personal details
Born	23 June 1963
Political party	Liberal Party

Atle Hamar (born 23 June 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

From 1988 to 1990 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He was a member of Jølster municipal council and Sogn og Fjordane county council.^[1]

In 1997, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications under Minister Odd Einar Dørum.^[2] When Dørum changed ministry to the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1999, Hamar followed.^[3] He was soon promoted to state secretary, and held this position until the first cabinet Bondevik fell in March 2000.^[1]

Instead he was appointed director of the Norwegian Gaming Authority.^[1] In 2006 he was elected chair of the International Association of Gaming Regulators.

References

1. Atle Hamar at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian)
2. Ministry of Transport and Communications. Private Secretary/Private Advisor/Political Advisor 1946- (Government.no)
3. Ministry of Justice and the Police. Private Secretary/Private Advisor/Political Advisor 1971- (Government.no)

Party political offices
Preceded by Guro Fjellanger	Leader of the Young Liberals of Norway 1988–1990	Succeeded by Gunn-Vivian Eide
Civic offices
Preceded by position created	Director of the Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority 2001–present	Incumbent