Berit Reiss-Andersen

Berit Reiss-Andersen
Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 February 2017
Preceded by	Kaci Kullmann Five
Board Member of the Nobel Foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
In office 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2017
President of the Norwegian Bar Association
In office 2008–2012
Preceded by	Anders Ryssdal
Succeeded by	Erik Keiserud
State Secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police
In office 7 November 1996 – 4 April 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Minister	Anne Holt Gerd-Liv Valla
Preceded by	Ingeborg Moen Borgerud
Succeeded by	Ingunn Yssen
Personal details
Born	(1954-07-11) 11 July 1954 (age 70) Drøbak, Akershus, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Pjotr Sapegin (formerly)
Profession	Lawyer

Berit Reiss-Andersen (born 11 July 1954) is a Norwegian lawyer, author and politician. She is a member of the Norwegian Labour Party. She is chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2017.^[1] She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation.

Before, she was state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as President of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012.

References

1. Libell, Henrik Pryser (2 May 2017). "Lawyer and Crime Novelist to Lead Nobel Peace Prize Committee". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.