Jan S. Levy

Jan Schreiner Levy (born 3 September 1943) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Conservative Party.

He started his career as a journalist in Østlandsposten.[1] He then worked for the Conservative Party between 1966 and 1981, including positions as secretary and editor of the party newspaper. From 1981 to 1986, in the first and second cabinet Willoch, Levy was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Church and Education and the Ministry of Culture and Science.[2]

When the second cabinet Willoch fell in May 1986, Levy was hired as an advisor in the Ministry of Culture. In October the same year he was appointed director of the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund.[1] He served until 1993, and was then appointed deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Education.[2] He has been a member of the Directorate for Education in OECD and the higher education group in the Nordic Council of Ministers. He was involved in the Bologna process.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Levy til Lånekassen". Aftenposten Aften. 17 October 1986.
  2. 1 2 "Levy, Jan Schreiner". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  3. ↑ "Jubilanter". Aftenposten. 3 September 2003.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Ulf Oscar Sand		 Director of the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund
1986–1993 		Succeeded by
Turid Hundstad


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