# Per Botolf Maurseth > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Per_Botolf_Maurseth > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Per_Botolf_Maurseth.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Botolf_Maurseth > Source revision: 1313571924 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1969)}} 300px|thumb|Per Botolf Maurseth '''Per Botolf Maurseth''' (born 17 July 1969) is a Norwegian economist and politician for the [Socialist Left Party](/source/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)). He is the son of historian [Per Maurseth](/source/Per_Maurseth) and Aase Maurseth. From 1989 to 1990 he chaired the regional chapter of [Socialist Youth](/source/Socialist_Youth_(Norway)), the youth wing of the [Socialist Left Party](/source/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)). He was also a member of their national board. From 1992 to 1994 he was a member of their central board. He served in the position of deputy representative to the [Norwegian Parliament](/source/Storting) from [Sør-Trøndelag](/source/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag) during the term 1993–1997. He graduated from the [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo) with the [cand.oecon.](/source/cand.oecon.) degree in 1995, and took the [dr.polit.](/source/dr.polit.) degree in 2001 with the paper ''Essays on the nature, the scope and the consequences of knowledge''. From 1995 to 2006 he worked as a researcher at [NUPI](/source/NUPI). In September 2006, during the [second cabinet Stoltenberg](/source/second_cabinet_Stoltenberg), Maurseth was appointed [State Secretary](/source/State_Secretary) in the [Ministry of Education and Research](/source/Norwegian_Ministry_of_Education_and_Research). In October 2007 he left and returned to NUPI. Per Botolf Maurseth is currently an associate professor at the economics department of BI, [Norwegian School of Management](/source/Norwegian_School_of_Management). ==References== *{{stortingetbio|PEBM}} *[http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kd/dep/politisk_ledelse/avskjedigete/Statssekretar-Per-Botolf-Maurseth.html?id=410041 Regjeringen.no biography] {{in lang|no}} *[https://archive.today/20110609193041/http://www.nupi.no/virksomheten/forskningsavdelinger/avdeling_for_internasjonal_oekonomi/per_botolf_maurseth NUPI biography] {{in lang|no}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718015346/http://www.bi.no/en/Research/Academic-homepage/?ansattid=a0810402 BI biography] {{in lang|no}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Maurseth, Per Botolf}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Deputy members of the Storting Category:Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Category:Norwegian state secretaries Category:Politicians from Trøndelag Category:Norwegian economists Category:University of Oslo alumni {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Per Botolf Maurseth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Botolf_Maurseth) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Botolf_Maurseth?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.