Leif Jørgen Aune

Leif Jørgen Aune
Minister of Local Government
In office 16 October 1973 – 11 January 1978
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli Odvar Nordli
Preceded by	Johan Skipnes
Succeeded by	Arne Nilsen
State Secretary for the Ministry of Local Government
In office 19 March 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Minister	Odvar Nordli
Personal details
Born	(1925-06-07)7 June 1925 Bodø, Norway
Died	20 July 2019(2019-07-20) (aged 94) Fredrikstad, Norway
Political party	Labour Party
Occupation	Economist, politician

Leif Jørgen Aune (7 June 1925 – 20 July 2019) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.

From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour. He left the position when the first cabinet Bratteli fell in 1972, and from 1973 to 1978 he served as Minister of Local Government and Labour in the second cabinet Bratteli and the cabinet Nordli. He resigned on 11 January 1978.

Outside politics, he graduated as cand.oecon. in 1951 and worked mainly with regional development. He was director of the Regional Development Fund from 1978 to 1990. In addition, he was a member of the board of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, Ullevål University Hospital as well as various other councils, boards and agencies.

References

• "Leif Jørgen Aune" (in Norwegian). Storting.
• "Trygve Bratteli's Second Government 1973-1976". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
• "Odvar Nordli's Government 1976-1981". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-20.