Press Release

19 December 1997

State secretaries

In a session of the Council of State today, the King has decided that as of 1 January 1998 a new Ministry of Labour and Government Administration will replace the Ministry of Planning and Coordination, while a new Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will replace the Ministry of Local Government and Labour. From the same day the list of state secretaries will be as follows (Chr. – the Christian Democratic Party, Cent. - the Centre Party, Lib. - the Liberal Party):

 

Office of the Prime Minister:
Ms. Kari Husøy (Chr.)
Mr. Gunnar Husan (Chr.)
Mr. Odd Jostein Sæter (Chr.)
Mr. Jarle Skjørestad (Cent.)
Mr. Per Tore Woie (Lib.)

Ministry of Cultural Affairs:
Mr. Ivar Egeberg (Cent.)

Ministry of Children and Family Affairs:
Mr. Odd Anders With (Chr.)

Ministry of Trade and Industry:
Ms. Harriet E. Berg (Lib.)
Mr. Odd Hellesnes (Lib.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Ms. Åslaug Marie Haga (Cent.)
Ms. Janne Haaland Matlary (Chr.)

Ministry of Fisheries:
Mr. Johannes Martin Nakken (Cent.)

Ministry of Finance:
Mr. Arne Synnes (Chr.)
Mr. Endre Skjørestad (Cent.)
Mr. Brynjulf Moe (Lib.) - temporarily

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development:
Ms. Johanne N. Gaup (Cent.)
Mr. Per N. Hagen (Cent.)

Ministry of Agriculture:
Mr. Jan Erik Sundby (Chr.)

Ministry of Justice and the Police:
Ms. Åshild Anmarkrud (Chr.)
Mr. Bjørn Johan Solbakken (Chr.)

Ministry of Labour and Government Administration:
Mr. Kjell Alvheim (Lib.)

Ministry of Transport and Communications:
Ms. Torild Skogsholm (Lib.)

Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Svein Helgesen (Chr.)
Ms. Marit Elisebet Totland (Chr.)

Ministry of Defence:
Mr. Ommund Heggheim (Chr.)

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

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

Ministry of Oil and Energy:
Mr. Håkon Giil (Cent.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, international development and human rights:
Mr. Leiv Lunde (Chr.)

Ministry of the Environment:
Mr. Jesper Werdelin Simonsen (Lib.)

 

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