Press releases

23 October 1997

State Secretaries

In a session of the Council of State on Thursday afternoon, state secretaries were appointed at the Office of the Prime Minister and in the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, the Ministry of Fisheries, the Ministry of Local Government and Labour, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Justice and the Police, the Ministry of Education, Rsearch and Church Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (health affairs), the Ministry of health and Social Affairs (social affairs), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (development cooperation) and the Ministry of the Environment.

The present list of state secretaries thus looks as below, new appointments marked with * (Aabreviations: Chr. - the Christian Democratic Party, Cent. - the Centre Party, Lib. - the Liberal Party):

 

Office of the Prime Minister:
Ms. Kari Husøy (45), Bærum, political advisor (Chr.)
Mr. Gunnar Husan (50), Oslo, general secretary (Chr.)
Mr. Odd Jostein Sæter (48), Oslo, political advisor (Chr.)
Mr. Jarle Skjørestad (39), Oslo, head of secretariat (Cent.)
*Mr. Per Tore Woie (28), Oslo, group secretary (Lib.) - from 27 October

Ministry of Cultural Affairs:
Mr. Ivar Egeberg (47), Blaker, mayor (Cent.)

Ministry of Children and Family Affairs:
*Mr. Odd Anders With (42), Trondheim, editor (Chr.) - from 27 October

Ministry of Trade and Industry:
Ms. Harriet E. Berg (33), Oslo, executive officer (Lib.)
Mr. Odd Hellesnes (60), Ulvik, manager (Lib.) - from 27 October

Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Ms. Åslaug Marie Haga (38), Ås, assistant director general (Cent.)

Ministry of Fisheries:
*Mr. Johannes Martin Nakken (47), Bergen, sales director (Cent.)

Ministry of Finance:
Mr. Arne Synnes (57), Bærum, head of secretariate (Chr.)
Mr. Endre Skjørestad (44), Sandnes, lawyer (Cent.)
*Ms. Tori Hoven (35), Oslo, advisor (Lib.)

Ministry of Local Government and Labour:
Ms. Johanne N. Gaup (47), Kautokeino, former member of Parliament (Cent.)
Mr. Per N. Hagen (61), Tynset, farmer (Cent.)

Ministry of Agriculture:
*Mr. Jan Erik Sundby (41), Råde, principal (Chr.) - from 24 October

Ministry of Justice and the Police:
*Ms. Åshild Anmarkrud (58), Brandbu, nurse (Chr.) - from 27 October

Ministry of Planning and Coordination:
Mr. Kjell Alvheim (53), Tjeldstø, head of educational programmes (Lib.)

Ministry of Transport and Communications:
Ms. Torild Skogsholm (37), Oslo, advisor (Lib.)

Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Svein Helgesen (49), Bru, school director (Chr.)
*Ms. Marit Elisebet Totland (40), Bremnes, mayor (Chr.)

Ministry of Defence:
*Mr. Ommund Heggheim (54), Alta, head of planning (Chr) - from 29. October

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, social affairs:
*Ms. Rita H. Roaldsen (41), Gratangen, pedagogue (Cent.)

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, health affairs:
*Mr. Idar Magne Holme (45), Kristiansand, assistant professor (Chr.)

Ministry of Oil and Energy:
Mr. Håkon Giil (54), Sørbøvåg, teacher (Cent.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, development cooperation:
*Mr. Leiv Lunde (36), Oslo, researcher (Chr.) - fra 27. oktober

Ministry of the Environment:
*Mr. Jesper Werdelin Simonsen (41), Oslo, research director (Lib.) - from 27 October

 

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