Changes among the state secretaries

Following today’s changes in the Government, the King has in the extraordinary session of the Council of State made the following changes among the state secretaries:

• Ms. Henriette Westhrin and Ms. Kirsti Bergstø have been honourably discharged from their offices as state secretaries in the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
  
• Ms. Henriette Westhrin has until further notice been appointed state secretary to Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Kristin Halvorsen
  
• Mr. Roger Sandum has until further notice been appointed state secretary to Ms. Kristin Halvorsen also in her capacity as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion.

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

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Mr. Tor Brostigen (Soc.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.)
Mr. Hans Kristian Amundsen (Lab.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)
Mr. Snorre Wikstrøm (Lab.)
Ms. Inger-Anne Ravlum (Lab.)

To Minister of Education
and Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Sandum (Soc.) – Education Affairs 
                                       and Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Affairs
Ms. Elisabet Dahle (Soc.) - Education Affairs
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.) - Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Affairs

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (Cent.)
Mr. Erlend Fuglum (Cent.)

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)
Mr. Torgeir Larsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Justice and Emergency Planning (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Pål Lønseth (Lab.)
Mr. Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (Lab.) – leave of absence from 2 February 2012
Ms. Kristin Bergersen (Lab.) – acting from 2 February 2012

To Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)
Mr. Kjetil Lund (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Søberg (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. Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.) – leave of absence 6 February 2012-15 April 2012
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)
Mr. Steinulf Tungesvik (Cent.) – acting 13 February 2012-1 April 2012

To Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.)
Mr. Robin Kåss (Lab.)
Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen

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 Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Soc.)
Mr. Kyrre Lekve (Soc.)

To Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Ms. Lubna Jaffery (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)
Mr. Harald Oskar Buttedahl (Cent.)

To Minister of Government Administration, Reform
and Church Affairs Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)
Ms. Tone-Helen Toften (Lab.)
Mr. Jon Reidar Øyan (Lab.)

To Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.)
Ms. Gina Lund (Lab.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (Lab.)
Ms. Kristine Gramstad (Lab.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe (Cent.)
Ms. Eli Blakstad (Cent.)
Mr. Per Rune Henriksen (Lab.)

To Minister of Defence Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)