Jan Erik Larsen

Jan-Erik Larsen (born 27 May 1953) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party, and currently State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister.

He started his political career as Chairman of the Møre og Romsdal county chapter of the Workers' Youth League in the early 1980s, and later served in the Møre og Romsdal County council. During the first cabinet Stoltenberg 2000-2001 he was appointed State Secretary and responsible officer for press relations in the Office of the Prime Minister. When the government resigned after the election in 2001, Larsen was appointed special advisor to the Labour party group in the Storting, a position he left in 2003. In September 2008, he was re-appointed State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister in the second cabinet Stoltenberg [cite news|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/smk/Pressesenter/pressemeldinger/2008/endringer-i-statssekretarkorpset-3.html?id=526247|title=Endringer i statssekretærkorpset|last=|first=|coauthors=|date=2008-09-12|publisher=The Norwegian Government|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2008-09-19] .

Outside politics, Larsen worked as a journalist and editor for several regional newspapers. He was editor of "Tidens Krav" 1990-1993 and editor in chief of "Telemarksavisa" 1993-1998. He returned to "Tidens Krav" 2005-2008 as editor in chief.

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