Historical archive

Changes among the political advisors

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Office of the Prime Minister

Due to today’s changes in the Government, the Office of the Prime Minister has honourably discharged the following political advisors from their posts in the ministries, as of today at 1 pm:

  • Mr. Geir Pollestad - Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
  • Ms. Anne Tingelstad Wøien - Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

 

At the same time the Office of the Prime Minister has appointed the following political advisors in the ministries, as of today at 1 pm:

  • Mr. Geir Pollestad - Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
  • Mr. Lars Erik Bartnes (26), political advisor, Trondheim - Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

 

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

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.)


To Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Ms. Sylvi Annie Bratten (Soc.)


To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Åslaug Haga (Cent.)
Mr. Geir Pollestad (Cent.)


To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)


To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (Cent.)
Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.)

 
To Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.)

 
To Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Wasstøl (Soc.)


To Minister of Development Cooperation Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Mr. Torbjørn Urfjell (Soc.)


To Minster of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen (Lab.)
Ms. Annelene Svingen (Lab.)

 
To Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)


To Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Pedersen (Soc.)


To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)
Mr. Ketil Lindseth (Lab.)
Ms. Hadia Tajik (Lab.)


To Minister of Justice Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (Lab.)


To Minister of Children and Equality Karita Bekkemellem (Lab.)
Ms. Marthe Scharning Lund (Lab.)


To Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske (Lab.)
Ms. Trine Synøve Lie Larsen (Lab.)


To Minister of Health and Care Services  Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Ms. Solveig Torsvik (Lab.)

 
To Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)
Mr. Jørund Leknes (Soc.)

 
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Larsen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)


To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen (Lab.)
Mr. John Erik Pedersen (Lab.)