Changes among the state secretaries
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Published under: Solberg's Government
Publisher: The Office of the Prime Minister
Press release | No: 40/17 | Date: 21/04/2017
In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Ms. Sunniva Ihle Steinstad, head of communication, as state secretary to Prime Minister Erna Solberg. At the same time, State Secretary Julie Margrethe Brodtkorb has been honourably discharged from her office.
The Government represents the Conservative Party (C) and the Progress Party (PrP). The state secretaries are:
To Prime Minister Erna Solberg (C)
Mr. Lars Øy (C)
Mr. Sigbjørn Aanes (C)
Mr. Himanshu Gulati (PrP) – 75 per cent
Mr. Torkild Hebbert Haukaas (C)
Ms. Ingvild Næss Stub (C)
Ms. Marianne Eikvåg Groth (C)
Ms. Sunniva Ihle Steinstad (C)
To Minister of Finance Siv Jensen (PrP)
Mr. Jørgen Næsje (PrP)
Mr. Tore Vamraak (C)
Ms. Cecilie Brein-Karlsen (PrP)
Mr. Petter K. Tvedt (PrP)
Mr. Brage Baklien (PrP)
To Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Jan Tore Sanner (C)
Mr. Paul Chaffey (C)
Ms. Kristin Holm Jensen (C)
Ms. Anne Karin Olli (C)
Ms. Grete Ellingsen (C)
Mr. Bjørnar Laabak (PrP)
To Minister of Transport and Communications Ketil Solvik-Olsen (PrP)
Mr. Tom Cato Karlsen (PrP)
Mr. Reynir Johannesson (PrP)
Mr. Tom-Christer Nilsen (C)
To Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende (C)
Ms. Tone Skogen (C)
Ms. Marit Berger Røsland (C)
Ms. Laila Bokhari (C)
To Minister of Trade and Industry Monica Mæland (C)
Mr. Lars Jacob Hiim (C)
Ms. Dilek Ayhan (C)
To Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen (C)
Mr. Lars Andreas Lunde (C)
To Minister of Children and Equality Solveig Horne (PrP)
Mr. Kai-Morten Terning (PrP)
To Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie (C)
Ms. Anne Grethe Erlandsen (C)
Ms. Lisbeth Normann (C)
Mr. Frode Gaasland Hestnes (PrP)
To Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide (C)
Mr. Øystein Bø (C)
To Minister of Immigration and Integration Sylvi Listhaug (PrP)
Mr.Vidar Brein-Karlsen (PrP) – leave of absence 16.01.2017-04.06.2017
Mr. Fabian Stang (C)
Mr. Torkil Åmland (C) – acting 13.01.2017-30.06.2017
To Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (C)
Mr. Bjørn Haugstad (C)
Mr. Magnus Thue (C)
To Minister of Fisheries Per Sandberg (PrP)
Mr. Ronny Berg (PrP)
Mr. Roy Angelvik (PrP)
To Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Anniken Hauglie (C)
Ms. Christl Kvam (C)
Mr. Morten Bakke (C)
To Minister of Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland (C)
Mr. Bård Folke Fredriksen (C)
Mr. Himanshu Gulati (PrP) – 25 per cent
To Minister of Agriculture and Food Jon Georg Dale (PrP)
Ms. Hanne Maren Blåfjelldal (PrP)
Mr. Terje Halleland (PrP) - acting 18.04.2016-30.04.2017
To Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Frank Bakke-Jensen (C)
Ms. Elsbeth Tronstad (C)
To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes (PrP)
Mr. Kjell-Børge Freiberg (PrP)
Ms. Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde (PrP)
To Minister of Justice and Public Security Per-Willy Trudvang Amundsen (PrP)
Mr. Thor Kleppen Sættem (C)
Ms. Toril Charlotte Ulleberg Reynolds (PrP)
Ms. Anette Carnarius Elseth (PrP)