Tarald Osnes Brautaset
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Tarald Osnes Brautaset is a Norwegian diplomat.
He is a cand.polit.
by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in 1973. He was a member of the Norwegian delegation to the European Union
from 1988 to 1994, during the negotiations for Norwegian membership in the Union (which were stopped after the Norwegian European Union membership referendum, 1994) and then the European Economic Area
. He then served as head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 1997, and as an advisor from 1997 to 2000 and 2005 to 2008. He was the Norwegian ambassador to the United Kingdom
from 2000 to 2005 and later the ambassador to France
from 2009.
Brautaset lost the position in the United Kingdom after Bjarne Lindstrøm
was removed from his office in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and installed in London instead. Brautaset had long been seen as the future successor of Lindstrøm as permanent under-secretary of state, the highest-ranking servant position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, in 2005 it surfaced that Brautaset was seen as too old-fashioned for the post. He soon started applying for new positions, but failed many times: he applied, unsuccessfully, for the positions of ambassador to both the United States
and the European Union in 2006, to Denmark
in 2007, and to the United Nations
in 2008.
Tarald Brautaset was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2000.
He is a cand.polit.
Cand.polit.
Candidatus rerum politicarum , Candidata rerum politicarum , abbreviated cand.polit., is an academic degree within the fields of social sciences issued under the old education system in Denmark and Norway.-Denmark:...
by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway...
in 1973. He was a member of the Norwegian delegation to the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
from 1988 to 1994, during the negotiations for Norwegian membership in the Union (which were stopped after the Norwegian European Union membership referendum, 1994) and then the European Economic Area
European Economic Area
The European Economic Area was established on 1 January 1994 following an agreement between the member states of the European Free Trade Association and the European Community, later the European Union . Specifically, it allows Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to participate in the EU's Internal...
. He then served as head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 1997, and as an advisor from 1997 to 2000 and 2005 to 2008. He was the Norwegian ambassador to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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from 2000 to 2005 and later the ambassador to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
from 2009.
Brautaset lost the position in the United Kingdom after Bjarne Lindstrøm
Bjarne Lindstrøm
Bjarne Lindstrøm is a Norwegian diplomat.He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1962. He was the consul-general in Cape Town, South Africa from 1986 to 1990, deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996, permanent under-secretary...
was removed from his office in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and installed in London instead. Brautaset had long been seen as the future successor of Lindstrøm as permanent under-secretary of state, the highest-ranking servant position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, in 2005 it surfaced that Brautaset was seen as too old-fashioned for the post. He soon started applying for new positions, but failed many times: he applied, unsuccessfully, for the positions of ambassador to both the United States
United States
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and the European Union in 2006, to Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
in 2007, and to the United Nations
United Nations
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in 2008.
Tarald Brautaset was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2000.