Christian Hambro

Johan Christian Georg Hambro (born 18 May 1946) is a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in the UK as the son of Edvard Hambro and his wife Elisabeth (nee Raverat). His grandparents were C. J. Hambro and Gudrun (nee Grieg) on the paternal side and Jacques Raverat and Gwen (nee Darwin) on the maternal side. He is therefore of Norwegian (Hambro, Grieg), French (Raverat) and English (Darwin) descent. He is the great-great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin^[1].

He is a jurist by education, he served as director of the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority from 1981 to 1986 and of Statskonsult from 1986 to 1992.^[2] From May to September 1986 he was a state secretary for the Minister of Justice in the second cabinet Brundtland.^[3] From 1992 to 1995 he was a sub-director in the private sector; in the company Saga Petroleum. From 1995 to 2004 he was the CEO of the Research Council of Norway.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1152536/The-descent-man-We-trace-claim-Charles-Darwin-ancestor.html
2. ^ ^{a b} "Hambro, Christian". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=581057. 
3. ^ Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government. 9 May 1986 - 16 October 1989 - Government.no

Preceded by	Director of the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority 1981–1986	Succeeded by Harald Rensvik
Preceded by Kåre Fløisand	Director of Statskonsult 1986–1992	Succeeded by Tom Veierød

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Name	Hambro, Christian
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Date of birth	18 May 1946
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