Outsiders' champion

By Constant Brand and Jarle Hetland - 18.02.2010 / 04:30 CET

The MEP who often ends up with a starring role.

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Curriculum Vitae

1943: Born, Oslo
1963: Degree in secretarial work, Oslo College of Business and Economics
1967: Degree in French, University of Oslo
1971: Degree in law, University of Paris-Assas
1980: Doctorate in public law, University of Paris-Assas
1981-89: Public prosecutor in Orléans and Evry
1989-90: Rapporteur at CIRI (Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle)
1990-93: Deputy secretary-general, CIRI
1993-2002: Investigating magistrate, Paris
2002-05: Adviser to the Norwegian government
2005-09: Adviser to the Norwegian Development Aid Agency
2009-: Adviser to Icelandic government
2009-: Member of the European Parliament, chair of the development committee