New state secretaries

In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed three new state secretaries:

• Mr. Tor Brostigen (52), political adviser, Oslo, as state secretary to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from 1 January 2010
• Mr. Pål Julius Skogholt (38), county councillor, Tromsø, as state secretary To Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske
• Ms. Ingrid Fiskaa (32), student, Oslo, as state secretary to Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim

At the same time Ms. Kjersti Markusson has from 1 January 2010 been honourably discharged from her office as state secretary to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, while Mr. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen has been honourably discharged from the office as state secretary to Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim.

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.)
Ms. Kjersti Markusson (Soc.) – until 1 January 2010
Mr. Tor Brostigen (Soc.) – from 1 January 2010
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. 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.)
Mr. Pål Julius Skogholt (Soc.)

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-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 Reform and Church Affairs
and Minister of Labour until 20 December 2009 Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)
Ms. Inger-Anne Ravlum (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.) – Labour Affairs until 20 December 2009
Ms. Gina Lund (Lab.) – Labour Affairs until 20 December 2009

To Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm,
Minister of Labour from 21 December 2009 (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.) – from 21 December 2009
Ms. Gina Lund (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.)