Geir Engebretsen (born 22 March 1952) is a Norwegian jurist and civil servant. He was born in

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, and graduated with the

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degree in 1978. He was a subdirector and head of department in the

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from 1985 to 1991, except for the years 1987 to 1989 when he worked in the county governor office. He was also acting County Governors of Oslo and Akershus, as Gunnar Alf Larsen left in 1988 and

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could not assume the position until 1989. Engebretsen was then a judge in Asker og Bærum District Court from 1991 to 2001, district stipendiary magistrate of

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from 2001 to 2005 and district stipendiary magistrate of

from 2005. In February 2009 he became acting

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. due to

Svein Longva Svein Longva (20 December 1943 – 16 April 2009) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant. Biography He was born in Oslo, but his family moved to Volda in 1950. After completing his secondary education there in 1962, he enrolled in politica ...

's illness. When Longva died in April 2009, he continued to hold the office. In August 2009 Kari Gjesteby was appointed to the position. He resides in

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