Changes among the state secretaries
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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
Publisher: Office of the Prime Minister
Press release | No: 151-09 | Date: 02/10/2009
As Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Dag Terje Andersen and Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen in today’s session of the Council of State have been honourably discharged from their posts, changes have been made among the state secretaries.
As Ministers Dag Terje Andersen and Helga Pedersen in today’s session of the Council of State have been honourably discharged from their posts, their state secretaries in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion and the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs respectively have also been honourably discharged. The state secretaries have at the same time been appointed state secretaries to Ministers Bjarne Håkon Hanssen and Sylvia Brustad respectively, for the period when these ministers will lead the two ministries.
Also, in today’s session of the Council of State Mr. Øyvind Slåke have been honourably discharged from his office as state secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry Sylvia Brustad. The Office of the Prime Minister has today appointed Ms. Fride Solbakken, political advisor to Minister of Trade and Industry Sylvia Brustad, as acting state secretary in the same ministry.
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. Jan-Erik Larsen (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 Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Guri Størvold (Cent.)
To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Elisabeth Walaas (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)
To Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Soc.)
Ms. Åsa Elvik (Soc.)
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 and International Development
Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Ms. Heidi Sørensen (Soc.) – environment affairs
Mr. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen (Soc.) – international development affairs
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)
Mr. Ola T. Heggem (Cent.)
To Minister of Health and Care Services and
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.) – health and care services affairs
Ms. Ellen B. Pedersen (Soc.) – health and care services affairs
Mr. Ketil Lindseth (Lab.) – health and care services affairs
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.) – labour and social inclusion affairs
Ms. Libe S. Rieber-Mohn (Lab.) – labour and social inclusion affairs
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.) – labour and social inclusion affairs
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 Trade and Industry and
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.) – trade and industry affairs
Ms. Fride Solbakken (Lab.) – acting, trade and industry affairs
Mr. Vidar Ulriksen (Lab.) – fisheries and coastal affairs
To Minister of Government Administration and Reform
Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)
Ms. Wenche Lyngholm (Soc.)
To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)
Mr. Robin Kåss (Lab.)
To Minister of Children and Equality Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen (Lab.)
To Minister of Education Bård Vegard Solhjell (Soc.)
Ms. Lisbet Rugtvedt (Soc.)