State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik

State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik (Labour Party)

Bilde av statssekretær Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik i mørk dress med slips

State Secretary for Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

Appointed: 11/08/2023
Born: 1979

Work experience 

2023 - State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2021 – 2023 Director, Legal Department, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018 – 2021 Deputy Director, Legal Department, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2014 – 2018 Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
2012 – 2014 Adviser, Legal Department, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010 – 2012 Adviser, Department for Security, Norwegian Ministry of Defence
2007 – 2011 Researcher (20%), Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
2008 – 2010 Deputy Judge, Drammen City Court
2007 – 2008 Adviser, Office of the Co-Prosecutor, UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT)  

Education 

2000 – 2008 Candidatus Juris (high distinction), University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
2002 – 2003 BA International Relations (high distinction), San Francisco State University
1999 Examen Philosophicum, University of Oslo
1998 Examen Artium, Hellerud Secondary School

 Political appointments and organisational experience 

2013 – 2014 Board member, International Forum Oslo Labour Party
2010 – 2014 Head of the ICJ Norway expert committee on the independence of judges and lawyers