Minister of Climate and the Environment

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Minister of Climate and the Environment of Norway
Klima- og Miljøvernministeren
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Vidar Helgesen portrett.jpg
Incumbent
Vidar Helgesen

since 16 December 2015
Ministry of the Environment
Member of Council of State
Seat Oslo
Nominator Prime Minister
Appointer Monarch
with approval of Parliament
Term length No fixed length
Constituting instrument Constitution of Norway
Formation8 May 1972
First holder Olav Gjærevoll
DeputyState secretaries at the Ministry of the Environment
Website Official website

The Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norwegian : Klima- og miljøministeren) is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of the Environment. At the State Council on Friday the 17 of January 2018, Ola Evestuen (Liberal Party) was appointed as Minister of Climate and Environment [1] . The post was previously held since 16 December 2015 by Vidar Helgesen of the Conservative Party. [2] The ministry is responsible for environmental issues, including influencing environmental impacts on other ministries. [3] Subordinate agencies include the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Polar Institute, the Environment Agency and the Mapping Authority. [4]

Norwegian language North Germanic language spoken in Norway

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The minister and minister post were established on 8 May 1972. The title was known as the Minister of the Environment until 2013. [5] Nineteen people from six parties have held the position. Thorbjørn Berntsen of the Labour Party has held the position the longest, a week short of seven years. Gro Harlem Bruntland, who held the position for five years, later became Prime Minister. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party held the position concurrently with being Minister of International Development. [6]

Thorbjørn Berntsen Norwegian politician

Thorbjørn Berntsen is a former Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party. He was Minister of Environmental Affairs 1990-1997.

Labour Party (Norway) Norwegian political party

The Labour Party, formerly the Norwegian Labour Party, is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It was the senior partner of the governing Red-Green Coalition from 2005 to 2013, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, was Prime Minister of Norway during that time. The party is currently led by Jonas Gahr Støre.

Prime Minister of Norway

The Prime Minister of Norway is the head of government of Norway and the most powerful person in Norwegian politics. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the monarch, to the Storting, to their political party, and ultimately the electorate. In practice, since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. She or he is almost always the leader of the majority party in the Storting, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition.

Key

The following lists the minister, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

   Centre Party
   Conservative Party
   Christian Democratic Party
   Labour Party
   Liberal Party
   Socialist Left Party

Centre Party (Norway) centrist and agrarian political party in Norway

The Centre Party is an agrarian centrist political party in Norway. Founded in 1920 as a Nordic agrarian party, 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.

Socialist Left Party (Norway) Norwegian political party

The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a democratic socialist political party in Norway.

Ministers

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
Ordforer Olav Gjaerevoll (1980) (9462991591).jpg Olav Gjærevoll Labour 8 May 197218 August 19720 year, 155 days Bratteli I [7]
Trygve Haugeland Centre 18 August 19725 March 19731 year, 60 days Korvald [8]
Helga Gitmark Centre 5 March 197316 October 19731 year, 60 days Korvald [8]
Tor Halvorsen Labour 16 October 19736 September 19742 years, 93 days Bratteli II [9]
Gro Harlem Brundtland - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1989.jpg Gro Harlem Brundtland Labour 6 September 19748 October 19792 years, 93 days Bratteli II
Nordli
[9] [10]
Rolf Arthur Hansen Labour 8 October 197914 October 19812 years, 269 days Nordli
Brundtland I
[10] [11]
Wenche Frogn Sellæg Conservative 14 October 19818 June 19831 year, 248 days Willoch I [12]
Rakel Surlien Centre 8 June 19839 May 19862 years, 336 days Willoch II [12]
Sissel Rønbeck Labour 9 May 198616 October 19893 years, 162 days Brundtland II [13]
Kristin Hille Valla Centre 16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 19 days Syse [14]
Thorbjorn Berntsen 2007 04 19.jpg Thorbjørn Berntsen Labour 3 November 199017 October 19977 years, 342 days Brundtland III
Jagland
[15] [16]
Guro Fjellanger Liberal 17 October 199721 March 20002 year, 157 days Bondevik I [17]
Siri Bjerke.jpg Siri Bjerke Labour 21 March 200019 October 20011 year, 213 days Stoltenberg I [18]
Borge Brende at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008.jpg Børge Brende Conservative 19 October 200118 June 20042 years, 212 days Bondevik II [19]
Knut Arild Hareide, Norges miljominister, under miljoministermotet i Kopenhamn 2005-04-07.jpg Knut Arild Hareide Christian Democratic 18 June 200417 October 20051 years, 152 days Bondevik II [19]
Helen Oddveig Bjornoy SV Miljovernminister 20051017.jpg Helen Bjørnøy Socialist Left 17 October 200518 October 20072 years, 1 days Stoltenberg II [6]
Erik Solheim.jpg Erik Solheim Socialist Left 20 October 200723 March 20124 years, 158 days Stoltenberg II [6]
Bard Vegar Solhjell - 2010-04-10 at 11-46-06 (1).jpg Bård Vegar Solhjell Socialist Left 23 March 201216 October 20137 years, 24 days Stoltenberg II [6]
Tine Sundtoft.jpg Tine Sundtoft Conservative 16 October 201316 December 20152 years, 61 days Solberg

[20]

Vidar Helgesen portrett.jpg Vidar Helgesen Conservative 16 December 201517 January 20183 years, 121 days Solberg

[21]

Ola Elvestuen 20131017 001 (10331833333).jpg
Ola Elvestuen Liberal Party 17 January 2018Present Solberg [1]

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