Jørn Sigurd Maurud (born 8 April 1960) is a Norwegian jurist. He is
Director of Public Prosecutions from 1 November 2019.
Career
Maurud graduated as
cand.jur. from the
University of Oslo
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in 1987. He has been assigned with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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,
Nord-Hedmark District Court, the law company Wikborg, Rein & Co., and the Supreme Court. From 1995 to 2010 he was a public prosecutor in
Eidsivating.
He was prosecutor in the widely media-covered
Orderud case.
From 2010 he was
State's attorney
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in
Oslo
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. In 2019 he was appointed as
Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions, effective from 1 November, succeeding
Tor-Aksel Busch.
[ At the time of his appointment, Maurud recused from handling of the so-called ''NAV scandal'', due to his relationship to former ]Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
Minister may refer to:
* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
* Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department)
** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
Hanne Bjurstrøm.
References
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1960 births
Living people
Norwegian civil servants
University of Oslo alumni