Astri Aas-Hansen (born 16 December 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. In 2005, when Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet assumed office, she was appointed a political adviser in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. She was promoted to State Secretary in February 2007, and remained here until April 2013. She returned to her former job in Advokatfirmaet Elden. She hails from Lillesand, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1999. From 1995 to 2002 she worked as an advisor for the Labour Party; since 2002 she has worked as a lawyer. She has also given lectures at the University of Oslo and Nesna University College.