Changes among the state secretaries

In today’s session of the Council of State the King has honourably dismissed Mr. Jan-Erik Larsen and Mr. Per J. Jordal from their posts as state secretaries to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

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.)
Mr. Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (Lab.)
Ms. Kjersti Markusson (Soc.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)              
Mr. Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (Soc.)
Mr. Geir Axelsen (Lab.)
Mr. Ole Morten Geving (Cent.)
Mr. Roger Østlie Sandum (Soc.)
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.)

To Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Guri Størvold (Cent.)

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Elisabeth Walaas (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)

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

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Cent.)
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.)

To Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Mr. Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)

To Minister of the Environment and International Development
Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Ms. Heidi Sørensen (Soc.) – environment affairs
Mr. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen (Soc.) – international development affairs

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)
Mr. Ola T. Heggem  (Cent.)

To Minister of Health and Care Services and
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.) – health and care services affairs
Ms. Ellen B. Pedersen (Soc.) – health and care services affairs
Mr. Ketil Lindseth (Lab.) – health and care services affairs
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.) – labour and social inclusion affairs
Ms. Libe S. Rieber-Mohn (Lab.) – labour and social inclusion affairs
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.) – labour and social inclusion affairs

To Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Mr. Terje Moland Pedersen (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)

To Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)
Mr. Wegard Harsvik (Lab.)

To Minister of Trade and Industry and
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.) – trade and industry affairs
Ms. Fride Solbakken (Lab.) – acting, trade and industry affairs
Mr. Vidar Ulriksen (Lab.) – fisheries and coastal affairs

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

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)
Mr. Robin Kåss (Lab.)

To Minister of Children and Equality Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen (Lab.) 

To Minister of Education Bård Vegard Solhjell (Soc.)
Ms. Lisbet Rugtvedt (Soc.)