Change of state secretary at Ministry of Finance

In today’s session of the Council of State the King has appointed Mr. Ole Morten Geving (33), communication advisor, Hølen, to the office as state secretary to Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen. Mr. Bjørn Arild Gram has been honourably discharged from the same office, as he has been elected mayor of Steinkjer.

Ole Morten Geving comes from a post as communication advisor with Gambit Hill & Knowlton. He has formerly been political advisor to the Centre Party’s parliamentary group and political secretary in the Centre Party. He is a member of the municipal council of Vestby in the County of Akershus. Mr. Geving holds the degree of Cand. Polit. with a major in economic geography, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The list of state secretaries now is as follows:

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Mr. Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (Lab.)
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell (Soc.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)
Mr. Morten Wetland (Lab.)
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (Soc.)
Mr. Geir Axelsen (Lab.)
Mr. Ole Morten Geving (Cent.)
Mr. Roger Østlie Sandum (Soc.)
Ms. Kjersti Markusson (Soc.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Åslaug Haga (Cent.)
Ms. Guri Størvold (Cent.)
Ms. Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt (Cent.)

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Mr. Raymond Johansen (Lab.)
Ms. Elisabeth Walaas (Lab.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Cent.)
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.)

To Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)

To Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy (Soc.)
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.)

To Minister of Development Cooperation Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Ms. Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer (Soc.)

To Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen (Lab.)
Mr. Frode Berge (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.)

To Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Mr. Steinulf Tungesvik (Cent.)

To Minister of Edication and Research Øystein Djupedal (Soc.)
Ms. Lisbet Rugtvedt Oslo (Soc.)
Mr. Per Botolf Maurseth (Soc.)

To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab. )
Ms. Libe S. Rieber-Mohn (Lab.)
Ms. Laila Gustavsen (Lab.)
Ms. Berit Oskal Eira (Lab.)

To Minister of Justice Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Mr. Terje Moland Pedersen (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)

To Minister of Children and Equality Karita Bekkemellem (Lab.)
Mr. Kjell Erik Øie (Lab.)

To Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske (Lab.)
Ms. Randi Øverland (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Health and Care Services Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Ms. Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Mr. Wegard Harsvik (Lab.)
Mr. Arvid Libak (Lab.)

To Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)
Ms. Wenche Lyngholm (Soc.) 

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)
Mr. Ola T. Heggem (Cent.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen (Lab.)
Mr. Vidar Ulriksen (Lab.)