Ulleren

Olav Ulleren - Career - Leaving Politics
... When his tenure as State Secretary ended, Ulleren did not return to local politics ... Ulleren stopped paying the membership fee for the Centre Party in 2001, and in 2006 he described himself as "without a political attachment" ... In 2002 Ulleren was hired as general director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) ...

Olav Ulleren - Career - Civil Servant
... In late 2008, it was announced that Ulleren would become the new permanent under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in 2009, succeeding Per Harald Grue who was due to retire ... The decision to appoint Ulleren was criticized by Hans Frode Asmyhr of the Progress Party for being a perceived consolidation of the Centre Party ... Lars Peder Brekk deemed Asmyhr's allegations to be "clear-cut piffle", citing that Ulleren had the necessary qualifications for the position ...