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Petter Skarheim
Norwegian civil servant (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petter Skarheim (born 12 June 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant. He is Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Research.[1]
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In 2004 he was appointed director of the newly established Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training. He had been a deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Education and Research from 1998 to 2004.[2]