Berit Reiss-Andersen
| Berit Reiss-Andersen | |
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| Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
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Assumed office 20 February 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Kaci Kullmann Five |
| Board Member of the Nobel Foundation | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
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In office 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2017 |
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| President of the Norwegian Bar Association | |
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In office 2008–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Anders Ryssdal |
| Succeeded by | Erik Keiserud |
| State Secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police | |
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In office 1996–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Ingeborg Moen Borgerud |
| Succeeded by | Ingunn Yssen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 July 1954 Drøbak, Norway |
| Nationality | Norway |
| Political party | Norwegian Labour Party |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Berit Reiss-Andersen (born 11 July 1954 in Drøbak) 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.
Reiss Andersen earned her Candidate of Jurisprudence degree (a 6-year law degree) in 1981 at the University of Oslo, Norway's preeminent university. She was an executive officer at the Norwegian Office of Immigration 1981–1982 and legal adviser at the Royal Ministry of Justice and the Police 1982–1984. She served as a prosecutor with the Oslo Police District 1984–1987. From 1987 to 2016 she had her own law practice in Oslo, and she obtained the right to appear before the Supreme Court of Norway in 1995. In 1997 she was appointed as one of the regular defence counsels at Oslo District Court and Borgarting Court of Appeal. In 2016 she became a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office. She was President of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012.
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