Changes among the state secretaries

Following today’s changes in the Government, the King has in today’s extraordinary session of the Council of State made the following changes among the state secretaries:

• Ms. Henriette Westhrin, Ms. Heidi Sørensen, Ms. Ingrid Fiskaa, Mr. Kyrre Lekve and Ms. Lubna Jaffery have been honourably discharged from their offices as state secretaries
• Ms. Heidi Sørensen, state secretary, has been appointed state secretary to Minister of the Environment Bård Vegar Solhjell
• Mr. Kyrre Lekve, state secretary, has been appointed state secretary to Minister of Education and Research Kristin Halvorsen
• Ms. Ingrid Fiskaa has been appointed state secretary to Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås
• Ms. Henriette Westhrin, state secretary, has been appointed state secretary to Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Inga Marte Thorkildsen
• Mr. Ahmad Ghanizadeh, deputy director general, Hole in Buskerud, has been appointed state secretary to Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Inga Marte Thorkildsen

The changes are active as of 3 pm today.  

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The list of state secretaries is now as follows:

To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Rita Skjærvik (Lab.)
Mr. Tor Brostigen (Soc.)
Mr. Dagfinn Sundsbø (Cent.)
Mr. Hans Kristian Amundsen (Lab.)
Mr. Svein Fjellheim (Lab.)
Mr. Snorre Wikstrøm (Lab.)
Ms. Inger-Anne Ravlum (Lab.)

To Minister of the Environment Bård Vegar Solhjell (Soc.)
Ms. Heidi Sørensen (Soc.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Ms. Hege Solbakken (Cent.)
Mr. Dag-Henrik Sandbakken (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (Cent.)
Mr. Erlend Fuglum (Cent.)

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

To Minister of Justice and Emergency Planning (Lab.)
Ms. Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)
Mr. Pål Lønseth (Lab.)
Mr. Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (Lab.) – leave of absence from 2 February 2012
Ms. Kristin Bergersen (Lab.) – acting from 2 February 2012

To Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen (Lab.)
Ms. Hilde Singsaas (Lab.)
Mr. Kjetil Lund (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Schjerva (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Søberg (Cent.)

To Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske (Lab.)
Ms. Rikke Lind (Lab.)
Mr. Halvard Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Transport and Communications
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa  (Cent.)
Mr. Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.) – leave of absence 6 February 2012-15 April 2012
Mr. Erik Lahnstein (Cent.)
Mr. Steinulf Tungesvik (Cent.) – acting 13 February 2012-1 April 2012

To Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.)
Mr. Robin Kåss (Lab.)
Ms. Lotte Grepp Knutsen

To Minister of Education and Research Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Mr. Roger Sandum (Soc.)
Ms. Elisabet Dahle (Soc.)
Mr. Kyrre Lekve (Soc.)

To Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk (Cent.)
Mr. Harald Oskar Buttedahl (Cent.)

To Minister of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs Rigmor Aasrud (Lab.)
Mr. Raimo Valle (Lab.)
Ms. Tone-Helen Toften (Lab.)

To Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm (Lab.)
Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad (Lab.)
Ms. Gina Lund (Lab.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (Lab.)
Ms. Kristine Gramstad (Lab.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe (Cent.)
Ms. Eli Blakstad (Cent.)
Mr. Per Rune Henriksen (Lab.)

To Minister of Defence Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)
Mr. Roger Ingebrigtsen (Lab.)

To Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås (Soc.)
Ms. Ingrid Fiskaa (Soc.)

To Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
Inga Marte Thorkildsen (Soc.)
Ms. Henriette Westhrin (Soc.)
Mr. Ahmad Ghanizadeh (Soc.)