Arne Øien

Arne Øien (22 December 1928 5 October 1998) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Petroleum and Energy between 1986 and 1989.

He was born in Oslo and graduated as cand.oecon. in 1954. He worked in Statistics Norway from 1955 to 1970, and was hired as a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance in 1971. He kept this job until 1978, when he became advisor of economical matters. From 1980 to 1990 he was the director of Statistics Norway. He was then permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance (finansråd) from 1990 to 1995.[1]

Having a parallel career in politics, he was a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister in 1981 under the first cabinet Brundtland. When the second cabinet Brundtland was formed in 1986, Øien was brought in as Minister of Petroleum and Energy. He lost the job when the second cabinet Brundtland fell following the 1989 election.[1]

Øien was a member of the board of Arbeiderbladet from 1981 to 1986 and Oslo Sporveier from 1996 to his death, the last two years as deputy board chairman.[1]

References

  1. "Arne Øien" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by
Kåre Kristiansen
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
19861989
Succeeded by
Eivind Reiten
Civic offices
Preceded by
Tormod Hermansen
Permanent under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance
19911996
Succeeded by
Svein Gjedrem



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