Distribution of ministries
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Published under: Jagland's Government
Publisher: The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release | Date: 14/11/1996 | Last updated: 19/10/2009
Distribution of ministries
Following a proposal that the Council of State on Friday 15 November shall decide that the Ministry of Government Administration will be transferred to the Minister of Planning, Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen, effective as of noon the same day, the distribution of ministries will be as follows:
Prime Minister:
Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland
Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Mr. Bjørn Tore Godal
Ministry of the Environment:
Mr. Thorbjørn Berntsen
Ministry of Local Government and Labour:
Mr. Kjell Opseth
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (health affairs):
Mr. Gudmund Hernes
Ministry of Industry and Energy (energy affairs):
Ms. Grete Faremo
Ministry of Transport and Communications:
Ms. Sissel Rønbeck
Ministry of Industry and Energy (industrial affairs):
Ms. Grete Knudsen (56), Straumsgrend
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (development cooperation):
Ms. Kari Nordheim-Larsen
Ministry of Defence:
Mr. Jørgen Kosmo
Ministry of Finance:
Mr. Jens Stoltenberg
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (social affairs):
Ms. Hill-Marta Solberg
Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Reidar Sandal
Ministry of Government Administration:
Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen
- from 1 January 1997 head of a ministry of planning and coordination
- from 1 January 1997 head of a ministry of planning and coordination
Ministry of Agriculture:
Mr. Dag Terje Andersen
Ministry of Justice and the Police:
Ms. Anne Holt
Ministry of Fisheries:
Mr. Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen
Ministry of Cultural Affairs:
Ms. Turid Birkeland
Ministry of Children and Family Affairs:
Ms. Sylvia Brustad
Minister for Nordic Cooperation:
Ms. Grete Knudsen