Changes among the state secretaries

In today’s session of the Council of State the Crown Prince Regent has made the following changes among the state secretaries:

• Steinulf Tungesvik has been honourably discharged from the office as state secretary to Minister of Transport and Communications.
• Hege Solbakken has from 3 March been honourably discharged from the office as state secretary to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, and has from 3 March been appointed state secretary to Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete.
• Mr. Per Johannessønn Jordal (40), county court judge, Os, has from 3 March been appointed state secretary to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
• Mr. Kjell Erik Øie has been reappointed as state secretary in the Ministry of Children and Equality.

Per Johannessøn Jordal is a judge at Nordhordland County Court and has been acting judge at Gulating High Court, lawyer at head of office at the Kluge Firm of Lawyers in Bergen, deputy judge at Nordfjord District Stipendiary Magistrate and political secretary at the Centre Party. Jordal holds the law degree from the University of Bergen 1993.

 

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.)
Ms. Kjersti Markusson (Soc.)
Mr. Per Johannessønn Jordal (Cent.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)
Mr. Snorre Wikstrøm (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. Henriette Westhrin (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 Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Soc.)
Mr. Jens Revold (Soc.)

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

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

To Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.) – environment affairs
Mr. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen (Soc.) – international development affairs

To Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.) – leave of absence 7 January-1 August 2008
Mr. Øyvind Slåke (Lab.)
Ms. Annelene Svingen – acting 7 January-1 August 2008.

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

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.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)

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

To Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)
Mr. Wegard Harsvik (Lab.)

To Minister of Health and Care Services Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Ms. Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Mr. Arvid Libak (Lab.)
Ms. Kari Henriksen (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 Children and Equality Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Mr. Kjell Erik Øie (Lab.)

To Minister of Education Bård Vegard Solhjell (Soc.)
Ms. Lisbet Rugtvedt (Soc.)

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