Jon Blaalid (born 1 May 1947) is a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in

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, and holds the cand.oecon. degree in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

. He worked for

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from 1974 to 1979 and the Ministry of Trade from 1979 to 1987. From 1988 to 1990 he was deputy under-secretary of state in the

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, and from 1990 to 1997 he was deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Local Government. From 1997 to 2004 he was the executive director of

Statskonsult Statskonsult AS is a defunct Norwegian government-owned company that provided management consulting services related to government restructuring and reform. It was created in 1947 as the Rationalisation Office (), later the Directorate of Ration ...

, except for the period 2000 to 2001 when he was the acting director of Aetat. He succeeded Ted Hanisch who was fired with immediate effect.

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