Giske also acting Minister of Justice

In today’s session of the Council of State the King has resolved that Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske shall also be acting Minister of Justice and the Police during Knut Storberget’s sick leave.

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The government list is now as follows:

 

Prime Minister
Mr. Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)

Minister of Finance
Ms. Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)

Minister of Transport and Communications
Ms. Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)

Minister of Research and Higher Education
Ms. Tora Aasland (Soc.)

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Ms. Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Cent.)

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

Minister of the Environment and International Development
Mr. Erik Solheim (Soc.)

Minister of Agriculture and Food
Mr. Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)

Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
Mr. Dag Terje Andersen (Lab.)

Minister of Health and Care Services
Mr. Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)

Minister of Justice and the Police
Mr. Knut Storberget (Lab.) – sick leave from 27 February 2009.

Minister of Culture and Church Affairs
and acting Minister of Justice
Mr. Trond Giske (Lab.) – acting Minister of Justice from 27 February 2009.

Minister of Trade and Industry
Ms. Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)

Minister of Government Administration and Reform
Ms. Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)

Minister of Petroleum and Energy
Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)

Minister of Children and Equality
Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt

Minister of Education
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell (Soc.)

Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Ms. Helga Pedersen (Lab.)