Theodor "Ted" Hanisch (born 20 April 1947) is a
Norwegian sociologist, civil servant and politician for the
Labour Party.
He was born in
Tønsberg
Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...
. He graduated with the
mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) in
sociology
Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation and ...
, and was a director at the
Norwegian Institute for Social Research
The Norwegian Institute for Social Research ( no, Institutt for samfunnsforskning, ISF) is a private social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway.
It was founded in 1950 by Vilhelm Aubert, Arne Næss, Eirik Rinde, and Stein Rokkan. ...
from 1978. In 1986, when the
second cabinet Brundtland assumed office, he resigned to become a
State Secretary in the
Office of the Prime Minister. He lost this job in 1989, when the second cabinet Brundtland fell. Hanisch was then hired as director general of the newly established CICERO,
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
The CICERO Center for International Climate Research (abbreviated CICERO; no, CICERO Senter for klimaforskning) is an interdisciplinary research centre for climate research and environmental science/ environmental studies in Oslo. CICERO was est ...
in Oslo.
In April 1993 he assumed a new position, as vice director of
Aetat
Aetat (short for no, Arbeidsmarkedsetaten) was a Norwegian government agency responsible for battling unemployment.
History
It had its roots in the Directorate of Labour ( no, Arbeidsdirektoratet), which was founded in 1945. Its purpose was to ...
(Directororate of Labour). The director
Bjartmar Gjerde
Bjartmar Alv Gjerde (6 November 1931 – 28 November 2009) was a Norway, Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He held several posts as a government minister between 1971 and 1980, and was Norway's first Minister of Pe ...
was soon to retire and Hanish was promoted to director of Aetat in 1994, assuming the position in 1995. He left the position of director of Aetat in 2000.
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References
1947 births
Living people
Norwegian sociologists
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian state secretaries
Directors of government agencies of Norway
Politicians from Tønsberg
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