Atle Hamar (born 23 June 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

[1] In 1997, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications under Minister Odd Einar Dørum.

[3] He was soon promoted to state secretary, and held this position until the first cabinet Bondevik fell in March 2000.

[1] Instead he was appointed director of the Norwegian Gaming Authority.

[1] In 2006 he was elected chair of the International Association of Gaming Regulators.