First cabinet Stoltenberg
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Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway
between March 17, 2000 and October 19, 2001. The Labour Party
cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
. It had the following composition.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
between March 17, 2000 and October 19, 2001. The Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
is a Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. Having assumed office on 17 October 2005, Stoltenberg previously served as Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001....
. It had the following composition.
Cabinet members
| Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. Having assumed office on 17 October 2005, Stoltenberg previously served as Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001.... |
Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Defence | Bjørn Tore Godal Bjørn Tore Godal Bjørn Tore Godal is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1991-1994, as well as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993-1994. He was then Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994-1996 and 1996-1997, and Minister of Defense 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | Grete Knudsen Grete Knudsen Grete Knudsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the state secretary to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1979-1981, Minister of Social Affairs 1992-1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994-1996, Minister of Industry and Energy 1996, Minister of Industry and Trade... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Labour and Government Administration | Jørgen Kosmo Jørgen Kosmo Jørgen Hårek Kosmo is a Norwegian politician. Since 2005 he has been Auditor General of Norway, after representing the Labour Party in the Storting for 20 years, of which the final 4 years as President of the Storting.Kosmo was Minister of Defence from 1993 to 1997 and Minister of Labour and... |
– October 5, 2001 | Labour |
| Minister of Finance | Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and was a parliamentary representative for Finnmark from 1985 to 2009. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Local Government and Regional Development | Sylvia Kristin Brustad Sylvia Brustad Sylvia Brustad is a former Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.Brustad graduated from high school in 1983, and attended the media courses at the folk high school in Ringsaker until 1985... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Health Formally a part of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health |
Tore Tønne Tore Tønne Tore Tønne was the Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Tønne committed suicide after newspaper writings about investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Culture | Ellen Horn Ellen Horn Ellen Horn is a Norwegian actress and politician for the Labour Party. She is educated at the State Acting College and has been an associate of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Nationaltheatret and is currently director of Riksteatret. During the Second cabinet Stoltenberg she was Minister of Culture... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Social Affairs Formally a part of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health |
Guri Ingebrigtsen Guri Ingebrigtsen Guri Helene Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.In the 1970s she was a member of the leftist Workers' Communist Party . In 1986, she worked in the Afghanistan Committee, giving medical aid. She was a graduate in medicine from the University of Oslo in 1982, having minored... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Terje Moe Gustavsen Terje Moe Gustavsen Terje Moe Gustavsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was state secretary to the Prime Minister in 1997, and Minister of Transport and Communications 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Among others he became known for sacking the board of directors in the Norwegian State... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Fisheries | Otto Gregussen Otto Gregussen Otto Gregussen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was political advisor to the Minister of Fisheries 1992-1994, state secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1994-1996, and Minister of Fisheries 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg.-References:... |
Labour | |
| Minister of International Development Formally a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Anne Kristin Sydnes Anne Kristin Sydnes Anne Kristin Sydnes is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the Minister of International Development in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the first cabinet Stoltenberg 2000-2001. She is married to Jan Egeland.-External links:... |
Labour | |
| Minister of the Environment | Siri Bjerke Siri Bjerke Siri Bjerke is a Norwegian . She was substitute member of the Norwegian legislature between 1997 and 2005. She was state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1993 and 1997 and Minister of the Environment between 2000 and 2001 during Stoltenberg's first cabinet... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Bjarne Håkon Hanssen Bjarne Håkon Hanssen Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, has been the Norwegian Minister of Health since 20 June 2008 as part of the second cabinet Stoltenberg. On October 8, 2009 Hansen announced that he would step down as a minister when Stoltenberg's new cabinet is put together... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Justice and Police | Hanne Harlem Hanne Harlem Hanne Harlem is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was personal secretary to Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1990, personal secretary to the Minister of Children and Family Affairs in 1991 and Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001, in Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Children and Family Affairs | Karita Bekkemellem Orheim | Labour | |
| Minister of Petroleum and Energy | Olav Akselsen Olav Akselsen Olav Akselsen is Director General of Shipping and Navigation. Akselsen has served six terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party, and was Minister of Petroleum and Energy in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001.-1989 to 2001:Akselsen was first elected to the... |
Labour | |
| Minister of Church Affairs, Education and Research | Trond Giske Trond Giske Trond Giske is a Norwegian politician and the current Minister of Trade and Industry representing the Norwegian Labour Party in the government headed by Jens Stoltenberg.... |
Labour |
State Secretaries
| Ministry | State Secretary | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre Jonas Gahr Støre Jonas Gahr Støre is the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, having been appointed to Jens Stoltenberg's second cabinet on 17 October 2005. He represents the Norwegian Labour Party.-Personal life:... |
Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
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| Norvald Mo | March 24, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Hege Marie Norheim | March 24, 2000 – October 13, 2000 | Labour | |
| Jan-Erik Larsen | March 31, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Tom Therkildsen | 8 May 2000 – | Labour | |
| Lisbeth Berg-Hansen Lisbeth Berg-Hansen Lisbeth Berg-Hansen is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Labour Party.She chaired the Norwegian Seafood Federation from 2002 to 2005, and was Vice President of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise from 2004 to 2008... |
20 October 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Mona Juul Mona Juul Mona Juul is an official in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former politician for the Labour Party.She hailed from Sparbu, and was educated in political science. Along with her husband Terje Rød-Larsen she played a key role in the Oslo Accords... |
Labour | |
| Espen Barth Eide Espen Barth Eide Espen Barth Eide is Norway's Minister of Defense. He is a political scientist and a politician for the Labor Party.Eide went to high school at the Oslo Cathedral School, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.polit. degree in 1993... |
Labour | ||
| Raymond Johansen Raymond Johansen Raymond Johansen is a Norwegian politician and party secretary of the Labour Party, following the footsteps of his uncle, Thorbjørn Berntsen, who is one of the veterans of the Norwegian Labour Party.... |
Labour | ||
| Sigrun Møgedal | March 27, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Jan Bøhler Jan Bøhler Jan Bøhler is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 2005.For a period in 2001, during the first cabinet Stoltenberg, Bøhler was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Locally, Bøhler was the party secretary of the... |
26 January 2001 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Defence | Øystein Singsaas | Labour | |
| Ministry of Industry and Trade | Britt Schultz Britt Schultz Britt Schultz is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark during the term 1977–1981.... |
Labour | |
| Olav Soleng | March 24, 2000 – 2 February 2001 | Labour | |
| Tore Onshuus Sandvik | 2 February 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Labour and Government Administration | Reidun Wallevik | March 24, 2000 – 28 July 2000 | Labour |
| Marianne Seip Haugsnes | 28 July 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Finance | Vidar Ovesen | March 24, 2000 – | Labour |
| Ellen Mo | 3 April 2000 – | Labour | |
| Hege Marie Norheim | October 13, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development | Steinar Pedersen Steinar Pedersen (politician) Steinar Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark during the term 1993–1997. During the first cabinet Stoltenberg, Pedersen was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government... |
Labour | |
| Audun Tron Audun Tron Audun Tron is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.From 1987 to 1999, Tron was the mayor of Lillehammer. As such he played a role in the 1994 Winter Olympics... |
Labour | ||
| Fatma Jynge | – 31 March 2000 | Labour | |
| Sverre Bugge Sverre Bugge Sverre Bugge is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.A cand.jur. by education, he was a lawyer from 1983. From 1990 to 1997 he held various directorships in Oslo Bolig- og Sparelag, and from 1999 he was the director of Skedsmo Boligbyggelag... |
March 31, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Einar Gelius Einar Gelius Einar Gelius is a Norwegian priest who has also been involved in politics for the Labour Party.He is known as the priest of Vålerenga parish, more specifically Vålerenga church. He previously held the same position in Ørland, Beitstad and Namdalseid... |
11 December 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Social Affairs and Health | Tore Hagebakken Tore Hagebakken Tore Hagebakken is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 2005... |
March 24, 2000 – | Labour |
| Lars Erik Flatø Lars Erik Flatø Lars Erik Flatø is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.A cand.mag. by education, he worked in health administration, both at Ullevål University Hospital and later as director of health and social affairs in Akershus county municipality... |
March 31, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Culture | Roger Ingebrigtsen Roger Ingebrigtsen Roger Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Troms during the term 1989–1993... |
March 24, 2000 – | Labour |
| Ministry of Transport and Communications | Eirin Kristin Sund Eirin Kristin Sund Eirin Kristin Sund is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 2005... |
Labour | |
| Ministry of Fisheries | Ellen Bergli Ellen Bergli Ellen Bergli is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms during the term 1997–2001.... |
Labour | |
| Ministry of the Environment | Stein Lier-Hansen Stein Lier-Hansen Stein Lier-Hansen is a Norwegian organizational director and politician for the Labour Party.From 1988 to 1993 he was the general secretary of the Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers, an organization with more than 100,000 members... |
March 24, 2000 – | Labour |
| Ministry of Agriculture | Sveinung Valle | March 24, 2000 – | Labour |
| Ministry of Justice and Police | Øystein Mæland Øystein Mæland Øystein Mæland is a Norwegian psychiatrist, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Rjukan. He took the cand.med... |
March 24, 2000 – | Labour |
| Anne Lise Ryel Anne Lise Ryel Anne Lise Ryel is a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.Born in Tromsø, she graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987.... |
March 31, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Ministry of Children and Family Affairs | Solveig Solbakken Solveig Solbakken Solveig Solbakken is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005... |
Labour | |
| Ministry of Petroleum and Energy | Bjørg Kirsten Sandal | April 7, 2000 – | Labour |
| Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research | Berith Bergersen | – 1 June 2001 | Labour |
| Randi Øverland Randi Øverland Randi Øverland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was twice State Secretary in the Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research, from 1990 to 1995 during the third cabinet Brundtland and from 2000 to 2001 during the first cabinet Stoltenberg... |
March 27, 2000 – | Labour | |
| Nina Tangnæs Grønvold | 1 June 2000 – | Labour |