Øystein Mæland (born 26 March 1960) is a Norwegian psychiatrist, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Rjukan.[1] He took the cand.med. degree in 1986,[2] worked as a physician from 1989 to 1994 and 1997 to 2000, and was chief physician at Aker University Hospital before becoming head of division at Ullevål University Hospital in 2002.[1]
He was the leader of the Oslo chapter of the Workers' Youth League from 1979 to 1982, and was a central board member from 1983 to 1989. He served as a member of Oslo city council from 1983 to 1986. During Brundtland's Second Cabinet, he was a personal secretary both in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988–1989) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (1988).[2]
In 1994, during the Brundtland's Third Cabinet, Mælend was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. He kept the position for the rest of Brundtland's tenure, and then a year into Jagland's Cabinet under two different Ministers of Justice Anne Holt and Gerd-Liv Valla. In 2000, when another Labour cabinet Stoltenberg 1 took over, Mæland was again appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. He held the position until after the 2001 elections, which caused the cabinet to fall.[2] He was also a member of the Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission.[3]
In 2011, Mæland was one of two applicants to the position as director of the National Police Directorate.[3] He ended up being appointed.[1]
Mæland is married to the psychotherapist Rolf Nicolay Aspestrand (born 1964).
| Police appointments | ||
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| Preceded by Vidar Refvik (acting) |
Director of the National Police Directorate 2011–present |
Incumbent |