Berit Reiss-Andersen | |
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Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
Assumed office 20 February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Kaci Kullmann Five |
Board Member of the Nobel Foundation | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
In office 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2017 | |
President of the Norwegian Bar Association | |
In office 2008–2012 | |
Preceded by | Anders Ryssdal |
Succeeded by | Erik Keiserud |
State Secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police | |
In office 7 November 1996 – 4 April 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Minister | Anne Holt Gerd-Liv Valla |
Preceded by | Ingeborg Moen Borgerud |
Succeeded by | Ingunn Yssen |
Personal details | |
Born | Drøbak, Akershus, Norway | 11 July 1954
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Pjotr Sapegin (formerly) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Berit Reiss-Andersen (born 11 July 1954) is a Norwegian lawyer, author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She is chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation, which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes. She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012. She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt. She is currently a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office.