New political advisor in KD

The Office of the Prime Minister has from 26 October appointed Mr. Kyrre Lekve (39), Nesodden, as political advisor to Minister of Resarch and Higher Education Tora Aasland.

Kyrre Lekve comes from the post as business and industry advisor at Abelia in the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). He has previously been biology researcher at the University of Oslo, and holds a doctors’s degree in biology. Mr. Lekve har been leader of the foreign policy committee of the Socialist Left Party, and member of the party’s central board.

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 Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Soc.)
Mr. Kyrre Lekve (Soc.)

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

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

To Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Wasstøl (Soc.)- environment affairs
Mr. Torbjørn Urfjell (Soc.) – international development affairs

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

To Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Tingelstad Wøien (Cent.)

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

To Minister of Children and Equality Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen (Lab.)
Ms. Marthe Scharning Lund (Lab.) 

To Minister of Justice Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (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 Education Bård Vegar Solhjell (Soc.)
Mr. Audun Kolsrud Herning (Soc.)

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