Juul Bjerke (14 April 192828 February 2014) was a Norwegian economist. He was born in

Hof, Vestfold Hof is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It merged into Holmestrand on Jan. 1, 2018. The administrative centre of the former municipality was the village of Hof. The municipality of Hof was established on 1 January 1838 (see for ...

. He took the cand.oecon degree and was hired in

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in 1950. He served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1971 to 1972, in

Bratteli's First Cabinet Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. Bratteli governed his second cabinet between 1973 and 1976. On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle ...

. He was later a head of department in

from 1973 to 1983, then led the Economy Department at the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1983 to 1993. He was also a member of the board of directors of the

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from 1978 to 1993. He is the father of Siri and Rune Bjerke, and father-in-law of

Libe Rieber-Mohn Libe Solberg Rieber-Mohn (born 25 August 1965) is a Norwegian civil servant and former politician for the Labour Party. She was appointed as Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity by the King-in-Council on 17 June 2016, s ...

. He died in February 2014 in

Motril Motril () is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the Granada, Spain. It is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 60,368 as of 2016. The town is located near the Guadalfeo River and is from Granada. Hi ...

, Spain.

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1928 births 2014 deaths Norwegian civil servants Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian trade unionists 20th-century Norwegian economists People from Hof, Vestfold {{Norway-economist-stub