Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway)
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The Minister of Local Government and Regional Development is a Norwegian minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
that is head of the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections...
. Since 2007 the office has been held by Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development on 21 September 2007. On 20 October 2009, she swapped departments and became Minister...
of the Centre Party
Centre Party (Norway)
The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
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List of ministers
- Ulrik Olsen, 1948-1958
- Andreas Zeier CappelenAndreas Zeier CappelenAndreas Zeier Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets...
, 1958-1963 - Oskar SkoglyOskar SkoglyOskar Skogly was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as Minister of Local Government, mayor of Fåberg and three-term member of the Parliament of Norway.-Career:...
, 1963 - Bjarne LyngstadBjarne LyngstadBjarne Lyngstad was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Inderøy.From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Local Government and Work Affairs during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng...
, 1963 - Jens HauglandJens HauglandJens Haugland was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1954, and was re-elected on four occasions. From November 1955 to August 1963, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, Haugland was Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police...
, 1963–1965 - Helge SeipHelge SeipHelge Seip was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. In the local chapter of Oslo he was a member of the board from 1937 to 1939, and...
, 1965–1970 - Odvar NordliOdvar Nordliis a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany...
, 1971-1972 - Johan Skipnes, 1972-1973
- Leif Jørgen AuneLeif Jørgen AuneLeif Jørgen Aune is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour...
, 1973-1978 - Arne NilsenArne NilsenArne Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Local Government 1978-1979, as well as Minister of Social Affairs 1979-1981 and 1981. Nilsen was President of the Odelsting 1981–1985.-References:...
, 1978-1979 - Inger Louise ValleInger Louise ValleInger Louise Valle was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, particularly noted for her efforts to reform the Norwegian penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund....
, 1979-1980 - Harriet AndreassenHarriet AndreassenHarriet Andreassen was a Norwegian labour activist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vikna, she was secretary of the union Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund from 1967 to 1977, and of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1977 to 1985...
, 1980-1981 - Arne RettedalArne RettedalArne Rettedal was Norwegian engineer, businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He is best known as the Minister of Local Government and Labour from 1981 to 1986, mayor of Stavanger from 1965 to 1967 and 1972 to 1981 and county mayor of Rogaland from 1988 to 1991.He was born in...
, 1981-1986 - Leif HaraldsethLeif HaraldsethLeif Haraldseth is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He served as secretary and then vice chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in the periods 1969–1977 and 1977–1987 respectively, both times replacing Odd Højdahl...
, 1986-1987 - William EngsethWilliam EngsethWilliam Engseth is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was appointed Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1987, and in 1988 he became Minister of Transport and Communications 1988-1989...
, 1987-1988 - Kjell BorgenKjell BorgenKjell Borgen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Local Government 1988 to 1989 and 1990 to 1992. He served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1993 to his death.-Early life and career:He was born in...
, 1988-1989 - Johan J. JakobsenJohan J. JakobsenJohan Jakob Jakobsen is a former politician from Norway, representing the Norwegian Centre Party.He had a long political career, sitting seven terms as a representative in the Norwegian Parliament, first elected in 1973. This run was not entirely successive, however, as he was a member of two...
, 1989-1990 - Kjell Borgen, 1990-1992
- Gunnar BergeGunnar BergeGunnar Berge is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland. Berge represented Rogaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1969 to 1993. He was Minister of Finance 1986-1989, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 1992-1996, as well as minister of Nordic...
, 1992-1996 - Kjell OpsethKjell OpsethKjell Olav Opseth is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990-1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996-1997.-References:...
, 1996-1997 - Ragnhild Haarstad, 1997-1999
- Odd Roger EnoksenOdd Roger EnoksenOdd Roger Enoksen is a Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party.Having an agronomist education, he previously worked as a farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in 1989, after a career in local politics...
, 1999-2000 - Sylvia BrustadSylvia BrustadSylvia 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...
, 2000-2001 - Erna SolbergErna SolbergErna Solberg is a Norwegian politician, and current leader of the Conservative Party of Norway. She was the Municipal and Regional Minister in Kjell Magne Bondevik's second government, 19 October 2001 until 17 October 2005. In 2005, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of St. Olav.-Early...
, 2001-2005 - Åslaug HagaÅslaug HagaÅslaug Marie Haga is a Norwegian politician. She was the leader of the Centre Party from 2003 to 2008.-Early life and career:Haga was born in Nes, Akershus. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Oslo...
, 2005-2007 - Magnhild Meltveit KleppaMagnhild Meltveit KleppaMagnhild Meltveit Kleppa is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development on 21 September 2007. On 20 October 2009, she swapped departments and became Minister...
, 2007-2009 - Liv Signe NavarseteLiv Signe NavarseteLiv Signe Hundere Navarsete is the Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development and leader of the Center Party. She took office in 2005 serving in the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet....
, 2007–