Halle Jørn Hanssen (born 18 February 1937) is a Norwegian television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician.
He was born in Brønnøy Municipality, and worked as a teacher in Vinje Municipality before enrolling at the University of Oslo. He graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1964, and worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1965 up to and including 1968.[1] Having been the chairman of the Young Liberals of Norway from 1964 to 1966,[2] in early 1969 he was hired as secretary for the Liberal Party. Immediately after the 1969 election he was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[1] In 1978 he became the first correspondent for Africa in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, which was the only television station in Norway at that time.[3] As a correspondent he was stationed in Nairobi.[1]
Hanssen left the Liberal Party in 1972, as the party split over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community. He joined the Labour Party instead, and served three terms as a local politician on the municipal council for Bærum Municipality.[1]
In 1982 he left his job in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and was hired in the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. In 1992 he was hired in the Norwegian People's Aid, becoming secretary general in 1994.[1] He left in 2001, and has since worked as a freelance writer, lecturer and advisor. Among other topics, he has advised the Norwegian People's Aid about democracy building in Sudan.[3]
Hanssen has also been involved in Inter Press Service, Eurostep, the Panos Network,[1] Attac Norway[4] and the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development.[3] He resides at Høvik.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Halle Jørn Hanssen 60 år 18. februar" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 29 January 1997.
- ^ Eilertsen, Jonas (14 January 2009). "Tidligere leder i Unge Venstre" (in Norwegian). Young Liberals of Norway. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ a b c "70 år 18. februar: Halle Jørn Hanssen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 February 2007.
- ^ Torgersen, Hans O. (21 June 2002). "Politiet frykter gatekamper - Attac vil ha fred". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 January 2009.