The Office of the Prime Minister has from 1 May appointed Ms. Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (31), senior executive officer, Oslo, as political advisor to Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete from 1 May to 31 December 2006. She will be acting for Political Advisor Erik Lahnstein and State Secretary Steinulf Tungesvik in their leaves of absence during this period.

Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim is presently a trainee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has formerly been political advisor to the Centre Party's parliamentary group and political assistant at the central Party's national office. She has also been moderator of the Centre Party's youth organisation and member of the Centre Party's central board. Ms. Tvinnereim holds the degree of Cand. Mag. at the University of Oslo, in political science, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American studies.

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). From 1 May the list of political advisors looks as follows:

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Ms. Sylvi Annie Bratten (Soc.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Åslaug Haga (Cent.)
Ms. Magnhild Eia (Cent.)

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

To Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.)

To Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Wasstøl (Soc.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Tingelstad Wøien (Cent.)

To Minister of Development Cooperation Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Mr. Torbjørn Urfjell (Soc.)

To Minster of Trade and Industry Odd Eriksen (Lab.)
Ms. Annelene Svingen (Lab.)

To Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (Cent.) – 1 May-31 December 2006.

To Minister of Education and Research Øystein Djupedal (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Pedersen (Soc.)

To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)
Ms. Arnhild Holstad (Lab.)

To Minister of Justice Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)

To Minister of Children and Equality Karita Bekkemellem (Lab.)
Ms. Marthe Scharning Lund (Lab.)

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

To Minister of Health and Care Services Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Mr. Arvid Libak (Lab.)

To Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)
Mr. Jørund Leknes (Soc.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Larsen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen (Lab.)
Ms. Kari-Anne Larsen (Lab.)