Changes among the state secretaries

Due to today’s changes in the Government, the following state secretaries have been honourably discharged from their posts as of 3 pm today:

State Secretary Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen to Prime Minister
     Jens Stoltenberg
State Secretary Hilde Singsaas to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
State Secretary Roger Schjerva to Minister Kristin Halvorsen
State Secretary Henriette Westhrin to Minister Kristin Halvorsen
State Secretary Geir Axelsen to Minister Kristin Halvorsen
State Secretary Ole Morten Geving to Minister Kristin Halvorsen
State Secretary Erik Lahnstein to Minister Liv Signe Navarsete
State Secretary Dag-Henrik Sandbakken to Minister Magnhild
     Meltveit Kleppa
State Secretary Åsa Elvik to Minister Tora Aasland
State Secretary Espen Barth Eide to Minister Anne Grete Strøm-Erichsen
State Secretary Dagfinn Sundsbø to Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
State Secretary Ellen Birgitte Pedersen to Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
State Secretary Ketil Lindseth to Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
State Secretary Jan-Erik Støstad to Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
State Secretary Libe Rieber-Mohn  to Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
State Secretary Raimo Valle to Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen
State Secretary Wegard Harsvik to Minister Trond Giske
State Secretary Rikke Lind to Minister Sylvia Brustad
State Secretary Fride Solbakken to Minister Sylvia Brustad
State Secretary Vidar Ulriksen to Minister Sylvia Brustad
State Secretary Wenche Lyngholm to Minister Heidi Grande Røys
State Secretary Lisbeth Rugtvedt to Minister Bård Vegar Solhjell

The following have been appointed state secretaries as of today at 3 pm:

State Secretary Dagfinn Sundsbø to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
State Secretary Lisbeth Rugtvedt to Minister Kristin Halvorsen
State Secretary Guri Størvold to Minister Liv Signe Navarsete
State Secretary Dag-Henrik Sandbakken to Minister Liv Signe Navarsete
State Secretary Espen Barth Eide to Minister Grete Faremo
State Secretary Hilde Singsaas to Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen
Senior Adviser Kjetil Lund to Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen
State Secretary Roger Schjerva to Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen
State Secretary Ole Morten Geving to Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen
State Secretary Rikke Lind to Minister Trond Giske
State Secretary Erik Lahnstein to Minister Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Political Adviser Lars Erik Bartnes to Minister Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Educationist Tone Toften to Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Adviser Roger Ingebrigtsen to Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Political Adviser Kyrre Lekve to Minister Tora Aasland
State Secretary Jan-Erik Støstad to Minister Rigmor Aasrud until
     20 December 2009, and to Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm from
     21 December 2009
State Secretary Raimo Valle to Minister Rigmor Aasrud
State Secretary Vidar Ulriksen to Minister Lisbeth Berg-Hansen
State Secretary Henriette Westhrin to Minister Audun Lysbakken

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.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (Lab.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)              
Ms. Kjersti Markusson (Soc.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.)

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. Elisabeth Walaas (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)

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.)

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

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

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

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

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

To Minister of Reform and Church Affairs
and Minister of Labour Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.) – Labour Affairs until 20 December 2009
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)

To Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.) – from 21 December 2009

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.)