Press Release

No: 46/1999
Date: 19 March 1999

State secretaries

In today’s session of the Council of State, the King has appointed Mr. Kjell Ingar Alvheim, former state secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration, as state secretary in the Ministry of Defence. Mr. Atle Hamar, political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Police, has been appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Police.

Effective as of Monday 22 March, Mr. Helge Eide (34), deputy director, Skedsmokorset, has been appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration, while Mr. Svein-Ottar Sandal (47), director, Sandane, has been appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The list of state secretaries now is as follows (Chr. – the Christian Democratic Party, Cent. - the Centre Party, Lib. - the Liberal Party):

Office of the Prime Minister:
Ms. Kari Husøy (Chr.)
Mr. Gunnar Husan (Chr.)
Mr. Odd Jostein Sæter (Chr.)
Mr. Jarle Skjørestad (Cent.)
Mr. Per Tore Woie (Lib.)

Ministry of Cultural Affairs:
Mr. Per Kristian Skulberg (Cent.)

Ministry of Children and Family Affairs:
Mr. Odd Anders With (Chr.)

Ministry of Trade and Industry:
Ms. Harriet E. Berg (Lib.)
Mr. Odd Hellesnes (Lib.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Ms. Åslaug Marie Haga (Cent.)
Ms. Janne Haaland Matlary (Chr.)
Mr. Wegger Chr. Strømmen (Chr.)

Ministry of Fisheries:
Mr. Johannes Martin Nakken (Cent.)

Ministry of Finance:
Mr. Arne Synnes (Chr.)
Mr. Endre Skjørestad (Cent.)
Ms. Tori Hoven (Lib.)

Ministry of Agriculture:
Mr. Jan Erik Sundby (Chr.)

Ministry of Defence:
Mr. Kjell Ingar Alvheim (Lib.)

Ministry of Justice and the Police:
Mr. Bjørn Johan Solbakken (Chr.)
Mr. Atle Hamar (Lib.)

Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs:
Mr. Svein Helgesen (Chr.)
Ms. Marit Elisebet Totland (Chr.)

Ministry of Transport and Communications:
Mr. Svein-Ottar Sandal (Chr.)

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, social affairs:
Mr. Steinulf Tungesvik (Cent.)

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, health affairs:
Mr. Idar Magne Holme (Chr.)

Ministry of Oil and Energy:
Mr. Erlend Grimstad (Cent.)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, international development and human rights:
Mr. Leiv Lunde (Chr.)

Ministry of the Environment:
Mr. Jesper Werdelin Simonsen (Lib.)

Ministry of Labour and Government Administration:
Mr. Helge Eide (Chr.)

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development:
Ms. Johanne N. Gaup (Cent.)
Mr. Per N. Hagen (Cent.)