Kleppa also acting Minister of Communications

In today’s session of the Council of State the King has resolved that Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa shall also be acting Minister of Transport and Communications during Liv Signe Navarsete’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.) – sick leave from 18 May 2009.

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
and acting Minister of Transport and Communications
Ms. Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Cent.) – acting Minister of Transport and 
                                                       Communications from 29 May 2009.

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.)

Minister of Culture and Church Affairs
Mr. Trond Giske (Lab.)

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.)