Changes among the state secretaries

In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has made two changes among the state secretaries from 4 January 2010:

• Ms. Elisabeth Walaas has been honourably discharged from her office as state secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
  
• Mr. Erik Lahnstein has been honourably discharged from his office as state secretary to Minister of Transport and Communications Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, and has been appointed as state secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The list of state secretaries will from 4 January 2010 be as follows:

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Mr. Tor Brostigen (Soc.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.)
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (Lab.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)
Mr. Snorre Wikstrøm (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.) 

To Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Ms. Lisbeth Rugtvedt (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Sandum (Soc.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Guri Størvold (Cent.)
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.) 

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)

To Minister of Defence Grete Faremo (Lab.)
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)
Mr. Kjetil Lund (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (Soc.)
Mr. Ole Morten Geving (Cent.) 

To Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)
Mr. Pål Julius Skogholt (Soc.)

To Minister of Transport and Communications
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa  (Cent.)
Mr. Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.)

To Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Tone-Helen Toften (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.) 

To Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Ms. Heidi Sørensen (Soc.) – Environment Affairs
Ms. Ingrid Fiskaa (Soc.) – International Development Affairs

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

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)
Mr. Robin Kåss (Lab.)

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

To Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen (Lab.)
Ms. Lubna Jaffery Fjell (Lab.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)
Mr. Ola T. Heggem  (Cent.) 

To Minister of Government Administration, Reform
and Church Affairs Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Ms. Inger-Anne Ravlum (Lab.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)

To Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.)
Ms. Gina Lund (Lab.) 

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Vidar Ulriksen (Lab.)

To Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Audun Lysbakken (Soc.)
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.)