Press Release

6 November 1997

State secretaries

Following the appointment by the Council of State today of Ms. Janne Haaland Matlary as state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (foreign affairs), the list of state secretaries is as below (abbreviations: Chr. - the Christian Democratic Party, Cent. - the Centre Party, Lib. - the Liberal Party):

 

Office of the Prime Minister:
Ms. Kari Husøy (45), Bærum, political advisor (Chr.)
Mr. Gunnar Husan (50), Oslo, general secretary (Chr.)
Mr. Odd Jostein Sæter (48), Oslo, political advisor (Chr.)
Mr. Jarle Skjørestad (39), Oslo head of secretariat (Cent.)
Mr. Per Tore Woie (28), Oslo, group secretary (Lib.)

Ministry of Cultural Affairs:
Mr. Ivar Egeberg (47), Blaker, mayor (Cent.)

Ministry of Children and Family Affairs:
Mr. Odd Anders With (42), Trondheim, editor (Chr.)'

Ministry of Trade and Industry:
Ms. Harriet E. Berg (33), Oslo, executive officer (Lib.)
Mr. Odd Hellesnes (60), Ulvik, manager (Lib.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (foreign affairs):
Ms. Åslaug Marie Haga (38), Ås, assistant director general (Cent.)
Ms. Janne Haaland Matlary (40), Oslo, associate professor (Chr.)

Ministry of Fisheries:
Mr. Johannes Martin Nakken (47), Bergen, sales director (Cent.)

Ministry of Finance:
Mr. Arne Synnes (57), Bærum, head of secretariate (Chr.)
Mr. Endre Skjørestad (44), Sandnes, lawyer (Cent.)
Ms. Tori Hoven (35), Oslo, advisor (Lib.)

Ministry of Local Government and Labour:
Ms. Johanne N. Gaup (47), Kautokeino, former member of Parliament (Cent.)
Mr. Per N. Hagen (61), Tynset, farmer (Cent.)

Ministry of Agriculture:
Mr. Jan Erik Sundby (41), Råde, principal (Chr.)

Ministry of Justice and the Police:
Ms. Åshild Anmarkrud (58), Brandbu, nurse (Chr.)

Ministry of Planning and Coordination
- from 1 January 1998 planned as a ministry of labour and government administration:
Mr. Kjell Alvheim (53), Tjeldstø, head of educational programmes (Lib.)

Ministry of Transport and Communications:
Ms. Torild Skogsholm (37), Oslo, advisor (Lib.)

Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Svein Helgesen (49), Bru, school director (Chr.)
Ms. Marit Elisebet Totland (40), Bremnes, mayor (Chr.)

Ministry of Defence:
Mr. Ommund Heggheim (54), Alta, head of planning (Chr.)

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, social affairs:
Ms. Rita H. Roaldsen (41), Gratangen, pedagogue (Cent.)

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, health affairs:
Mr. Idar Magne Holme (45), Kristiansand, assistant professor (Chr.)

Ministry of Oil and Energy:
Mr. Håkon Giil (54), Sørbøvåg, teacher (Cent.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, development cooperation:
Mr. Leiv Lunde (36), Oslo, researcher (Chr.)

Ministry of the Environment:
Mr. Jesper Werdelin Simonsen (41), Oslo, research director (Lib.)

 

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