Minister of International Development (Norway)

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Minister of International Development of Norway
Bistands- og utviklingsministeren
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since 4 February 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of Council of State
Seat Victoria Terrasse, Oslo
Nominator Prime Minister
Appointer Monarch
with approval of Parliament
Term length No fixed length
Constituting instrument Constitution of Norway
Precursor Minister of Foreign Affairs
Formation8 June 1983 (orginally)
17 January 2018 (re-established)
First holder Reidun Brusletten
Abolished16 October 2013
DeputyState secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website Official website

The Minister of International Development (Norwegian : Bistands- og utviklingsministeren) is a councillor of state and the chief of the international development portfolio of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. [1] The ministry was responsible for the foreign service, the country's international interests and foreign policy. Most of the ministry's portfolio is subordinate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [2] The prime operating agency for international development is the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. [3] The position has been held by ten people representing five parties.

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The position was created with the appointment of Willoch's Second Cabinet on 8 June 1983, [4] with Reidun Brusletten of the Christian Democratic Party appointed the first minister. [5] From 1 January 1984 to 31 December 1989, the minister had their own ministry, the Ministry of Development Cooperation. [4] Eleven people from four parties had held the position, with Hilde Frafjord Johnson of the Christian Democratic Party being the only to have held it twice. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party has sat the longest, for six and a half years. Solheim also acted as Minister of the Environment from 18 October 2007 to his retirement. [1] Heikki Holmås of the Socialist Left Party, who was appointed on 23 March 2012, [1] became the last Minister of International Development when Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet resigned on 16 October 2013. In Solberg's Cabinet, issues related to international development were transferred to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [6] The position was re-established in 2018 after the Liberal Party joined the Solberg Cabinet.

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
   Christian Democratic Party
   Conservative Party
   Labour Party
   Socialist Left Party

Ministers

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
— Reidun Brusletten Christian Democratic 8 June 19839 May 19862 years, 335 days Willoch II [5]
— Vesla Vetlesen Labour 9 May 198613 June 19882 years, 35 days Brundtland II [7]
— Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl Labour 13 June 198816 October 19891 year, 125 days [7]
— Tom Vraalsen Centre 16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 18 days Syse [8]
Norges forsvarsminister Grete Faremo vid Nordiska Radets session i Reykjavik. 2010-11-03.jpg Grete Faremo Labour 3 November 19904 September 19921 year, 306 days Brundtland III [9]
— Kari Nordheim-Larsen Labour 4 September 199217 October 19975 years, 43 days Brundtland III
Jagland 		[9] [10]
Hilde-Frafjord-Johnson.jpg Hilde Frafjord Johnson Christian Democratic 17 October 199717 March 20002 years, 152 days Bondevik I [11]
Anne Kristin Sydnes.jpg Anne Kristin Sydnes Labour 17 March 200019 October 20011 year, 216 days Stoltenberg I [12]
Hilde-Frafjord-Johnson.jpg Hilde Frafjord Johnson Christian Democratic 19 October 200117 October 20053 years, 363 days Bondevik II [13]
Erik Solheim.jpg Erik Solheim Socialist Left 17 October 200523 March 20126 years, 158 days Stoltenberg II [1]
Heikki Holmas 01.jpg Heikki Holmås Socialist Left 23 March 201216 October 20131 year, 207 days [1]
Abolished between 2013 and 2018
Nikolai astrup (cropped).jpg Nikolai Astrup Conservative 17 January 201822 January 20191 year, 5 days Solberg [14]
Dag Inge Ulstein.jpg Dag Inge Ulstein Christian Democratic 22 January 201914 October 20212 years, 265 days [15]
Abt portrett2.jpg Anne Beathe Tvinnereim Centre 14 October 20214 February 20253 years, 113 days Støre [16]
ZEROs klimadilemmas- Asmund Aukrust (Ap, cropped).jpg Åsmund Grøver Aukrust Labour 4 February 2025present1 day [17]

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