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Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet | |
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Cabinet of Norway | |
Date formed | 17 October 2005 |
Date dissolved | 16 October 2013 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Harald V of Norway |
Head of government | Jens Stoltenberg |
Member party | Labour Party Socialist Left Party Centre Party |
Status in legislature | (2005 — 2009) Red–Green Coalition Coalition majority government |
History | |
Elections | 2005, 2009 |
Legislature terms | 2005–2009 2009–2013 |
Incoming formation | 2005 parliamentary election |
Outgoing formation | 2013 parliamentary election |
Predecessor | Bondevik's Second Cabinet |
Successor | Solberg's Cabinet |
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September 2013, the coalition was defeated in the 2013 election.
The cabinet had ten members from the Labour Party, five from the Socialist Left Party and four from the Centre Party. It replaced Bondevik's Second Cabinet following the 2005 parliamentary election where the three parties won a majority in parliament. In the 2009 parliamentary election, the three parties retained their majority, and the coalition continued.
The cabinet is the first time the Socialist Left Party has sat in government, and the second time, after the post-war interim Gerhardsen's First Cabinet, where the Labour Party sits in a coalition government. It was the first cabinet to have had a majority of women, the first to have had a member with a non-Western heritage and the first to have had a member who was a Muslim.
There have been several changes since Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presented his first team in October 2005:
From 1 January 2010 there was a change in the Ministry structure, following the September 2009 election and re-formation of the government. The Social Inclusion division of the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion was split between the Ministry of Children and Equality and the Ministry of Justice and Police. The Church Affairs division of the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs was moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform.
From 1 January 2012 the Ministry of Justice and Police was renamed as the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Planning [10] [13]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | 17 October 2005 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | ||
Minister at the Office of the Prime Minister | 20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 17 October 2005 | 21 September 2012 | Labour | ||
21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Defence | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | ||
20 October 2009 | 11 November 2011 | Labour | |||
11 November 2011 | 21 September 2012 | Labour | |||
21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Trade and Industry | 17 October 2005 | 29 September 2006 | Labour | ||
29 September 2006 | 20 June 2008 | Labour | |||
20 June 2008 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | |||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Government Administration and Reform | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | ||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Finance | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | ||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development | 17 October 2005 | 21 September 2007 | Centre | ||
21 September 2007 | 20 October 2009 | Centre | |||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Centre | |||
Minister of Health and Care Services | 17 October 2005 | 20 June 2008 | Labour | ||
20 June 2008 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | |||
20 October 2009 | 21 September 2012 | Labour | |||
21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Church Affairs | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | ||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Culture | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | ||
20 October 2009 | 21 September 2012 | Labour | |||
21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion | 17 October 2005 | 20 June 2008 | Labour | ||
20 June 2008 | 2 October 2009 | Labour | |||
20 October 2009 | 20 December 2009 | Labour | |||
21 December 2009 | 21 September 2012 | Labour | |||
21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Transport and Communications | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Centre | ||
20 October 2009 | 18 June 2012 | Centre | |||
18 June 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Centre | |||
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs | 17 October 2005 | 2 October 2009 | Labour | ||
2 October 2009 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | |||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of International Development | 17 October 2005 | 23 March 2012 | Socialist Left | ||
23 March 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Socialist Left | |||
Minister of the Environment | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | Socialist Left | ||
18 October 2007 | 23 March 2012 | Socialist Left | |||
23 March 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Socialist Left | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Food | 17 October 2005 | 20 June 2008 | Centre | ||
20 June 2008 | 18 June 2012 | Centre | |||
18 June 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Centre | |||
Minister of Justice and the Police | 17 October 2005 | 11 November 2011 | Labour | ||
27 February 2009 | 30 March 2009 | Labour | |||
1 January 2011 | 31 March 2011 | Labour | |||
11 November 2011 | 16 October 2013 | Labour | |||
Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | Labour | ||
18 October 2007 | 15 February 2008 | Labour | |||
29 February 2008 | 20 October 2009 | Labour | |||
20 October 2009 | 5 March 2012 | Socialist Left | |||
23 March 2012 | 16 October 2013 | Socialist Left | |||
Minister of Petroleum and Energy | 17 October 2005 | 21 September 2007 | Centre | ||
21 September 2007 | 20 June 2008 | Centre | |||
20 June 2008 | 4 March 2011 | Centre | |||
4 March 2011 | 16 October 2013 | Centre | |||
Minister of Education | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | Socialist Left | ||
18 October 2007 | 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | |||
20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | Socialist Left | |||
Minister of Research and Higher Education | 17 October 2005 | 18 October 2007 | Socialist Left | ||
18 October 2007 | 23 March 2012 | Socialist Left |
Ministry | State Secretary | Period [14] | Party |
---|---|---|---|
Office of the Prime Minister | Lars Erik Flatø | – 1 December 2006 | Labour |
Bård Vegar Solhjell | – 18 October 2007 | Socialist Left | |
Hege Solbakken | – 3 March 2008 | Centre | |
Svein Fjellheim | – 30 November 2012 | Labour | |
Morten Wetland | – 31 December 2007 | Labour | |
Torbjørn Giæver Eriksen | – 11 June 2011 | Labour | |
Rita Skjærvik | (leave of absence 9 March 2006 – 30 November 2006) (leave of absence 12 January 2010 – 16 August 2010) | Labour | |
Kjersti Markusson | 22 October 2007 – 31 December 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Hilde Singsaas | 1 December 2006 – 20 October 2009 (acting since 17 March) | Labour | |
Anne Odden | 1 June 2006 – 17 September 2006 (acting) | Labour | |
Kjetil Hillestad | 1 June 2006 – 17 September 2006 (acting) | Socialist Left | |
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen | 1 December 2006 – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Snorre Wikstrøm | 1 January 2008 – 15 September 2008 20 October 2009 – (leave of absence 3 September 2012 – 21 April 2013) | Labour | |
Per J. Jordal | 3 March 2008 – 16 October 2009 | Centre | |
Jan-Erik Larsen | 15 September 2008 – 16 October 2009 | Labour | |
Dagfinn Sundsbø | 20 October 2009 – 28 September 2012 | Centre | |
Mina Gerhardsen | 20 October 2009 – 1 February 2012 | Labour | |
Tor Brostigen | 1 January 2010 – | Socialist Left | |
Lotte Grepp Knutsen | 13 January 2010 – 16 August 2010 (acting) | Labour | |
Hans Kristian Amundsen | 9 May 2011 – leave of absence 4 October 2012 – 12 November 2012 | Labour | |
Inger-Anne Ravlum | 11 June 2011 – | Labour | |
Halvard Ingebrigtsen | 15 May 2013 – previously acting from 24 September 2012 – 21 April 2013 | Labour | |
Erik Lahnstein | 28 September 2012 – | Centre | |
Sindre Fossum Beyer | 4 October 2012 – 4 November 2012 acting | Labour | |
Mette Nord | 23 November 2012 – 13 September 2013 | Labour | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Kjetil Skogrand | 21 October 2005 – 17 November 2006 | Labour |
Raymond Johansen [15] | 28 October 2005 – 24 April 2009 | Labour | |
Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt | 7 November 2005 – 21 September 2007 | Centre | |
Elisabeth Walaas | 21 September 2007 – 4 January 2010 | Labour | |
Gry Larsen | 24 April 2009 – (leave of absence 9 August 2010 – 26 February 2011, 7 September 2013 –) | Labour | |
Erik Lahnstein | 4 January 2010 – 3 February 2012 | Centre | |
Espen Barth Eide | – 28 June 2010 | Labour | |
Anne Margareth Stenhammer (International Development) | – 16 November 2007 | Socialist Left | |
Håkon Gulbrandsen (International Development) | 16 November 2007 – 20 November 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Ingrid Fiskaa (International Development) | 20 November 2009 – | Socialist Left | |
Torgeir Larsen | 18 November 2011 – | Labour | |
Arvinn Gadgil (International Development) | 13 April 2012 – | Socialist Left | |
Kathrine Raadim | 7 September 2013 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Defence | Espen Barth Eide | – 28 June 2010 | Labour |
Roger Ingebrigtsen | 28 June 2010 – 21 September 2012 | Labour | |
Eirik Øwre Thorshaug | 21 September 2012 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Industry and Trade | Frode Berge | 21 October 2005 – 14 December 2007 | Labour |
Karin Yrvin | 21 October 2005 – 29 September 2006 | Labour | |
Rikke Lind | 26 January 2007 – 4 May 2012 (leave of absence 7 January 2008 – 1 August 2008) | Labour | |
Øyvind Slåke | 14 December 2007 – 2 October 2009 | Labour | |
Annelene Svingen | 7 January 2008 – 1 July 2008 (acting) | Labour | |
Arvid Libak | 20 June 2008 – 12 September 2008 | Labour | |
Fride Solbakken | 2 October 2009 – 20 October 2009 (acting) | Labour | |
Pål Julius Skogholt | 20 November 2009 – 4 February 2011 | Socialist Left | |
Jeanette Iren Moen | 15 May 2012 – | Labour | |
Roger Ingebrigtsen | 21 September 2012 – 7 December 2012 | Labour | |
Kristin Maurstad | 7 December 2012 – 28 April 2013 (acting) | Labour | |
Trygve Svensson | 7 May 2013 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs | Wenche Lyngholm | 21 October 2005 – 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left |
Halvard Ingebrigtsen | 20 October 2009 – (acting in the Office of the Prime Minister 24 September 2012 – 5 May 2013) | Labour | |
Raimo Valle | 20 October 2009 – 24 August 2012 | Labour | |
Inger-Anne Ravlum | 23 October 2009 – 11 June 2011 | Labour | |
Tone-Helen Toften | 30 September 2011 – 1 October 2013 | Labour | |
Jon Reidar Øyan | 11 November 2011 – 31 December 2011 (acting) | Labour | |
Ragnhild Vassvik | 7 September 2012 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Finance | Roger Schjerva [16] | 17 October 2005 – (leave of absence 18 May 2009 – 31 July 2009) | Socialist Left |
Geir Axelsen | – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Roger Sandum | – 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Bjørn Arild Gram | – 12 October 2007 (leave of absence 6 August 2007 – 30 September 2007) | Centre | |
Kjersti Markusson | 21 October 2005 – 22 October 2007 | Socialist Left | |
Sigrid Hjørnegård | 6 August 2007 – 3 September 2007 (acting) | Centre | |
Ole Morten Geving | 12 October 2007 – 17 December 2010 | Centre | |
Henriette Westhrin | 18 October 2007 – 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Bernt Sverre Mehammer | 18 May 2009 – 31 July 2009 (acting) | Socialist Left | |
Hilde Singsaas | 20 October 2009 – | Labour | |
Kjetil Lund | 20 October 2009 – | Labour | |
Morten Søberg | 17 December 2010 – | Centre | |
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development | Inge Bartnes | – 21 September 2007 | Centre |
Guri Størvold | – 21 September 2007 20 October 2009 – 3 February 2012 (leave of absence 6 March 2011 – 2 October 2011) | Centre | |
Dag-Henrik Sandbakken | 21 October 2005 – 1 February 2013 | Centre | |
Janne Sjelmo Nordås | 2 November 2007 – 30 September 2009 (leave of absence 10 August 2009 – 15 September 2009) | Centre | |
Lars Erik Bartnes | 10 August 2009 – 15 September 2009 (acting) | Centre | |
Hege Solbakken | 20 October 2009 – | Centre | |
Erlend Fuglum | 3 February 2012 – | Centre | |
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim | 19 October 2012 – (acting since 14 February 2011) | Centre | |
Eli Blakstad | 11 January 2013 – | Centre | |
Ministry of Health and Care Services | Rigmor Aasrud | 21 October 2005 – 30 September 2009 | Labour |
Wegard Harsvik | 21 October 2005 – 3 December 2007 | Labour | |
Arvid Libak | 13 October 2006 – 20 June 2008 | Labour | |
Kari Henriksen | 3 December 2007 – 3 April 2009 | Labour | |
Dagfinn Sundsbø | 20 June 2008 – 20 October 2009 | Centre | |
Ellen Birgitte Pedersen | 27 June 2008 – 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Ketil Lindseth | 27 February 2009 – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Tone-Helen Toften | 20 October 2009 – 30 September 2011 | Labour | |
Roger Ingebrigtsen | 20 October 2009 – 28 June 2010 | Labour | |
Ragnhild Mathisen | 23 October 2009 – 7 September 2012 | Labour | |
Robin Kåss | 25 June 2010 – (leave of absence 3 March 2011 – 11 May 2011) | Labour | |
Tord Dale | 3 March 2011 – 11 May 2011 (acting) | Labour | |
Lotte Grepp Knutsen | 27 December 2011 – 20 April 2012 | Labour | |
Kjell Erik Øie | 8 June 2012 – | Labour | |
Nina Tangnæs Grønvold | 28 September 2012 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Culture | Randi Øverland | 21 October 2005 – 30 November 2007 | Labour |
Mette Gundersen | 21 October 2005 – (leave of absence 1 October 2006 – 3 June 2007) | Labour | |
Halvard Ingebrigtsen | 1 June 2007 – 20 October 2009 (acting since 12 October 2006) | Labour | |
Wegard Harsvik | 3 December 2007 – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Lotte Grepp Knutsen | 20 October 2009 – 27 December 2011 (leave of absence 7 March 2011 – 27 December 2011) | Labour | |
Lubna Jaffery | 23 October 2009 – 23 March 2012 | Labour | |
Roger Solheim | 13 January 2010 – 16 August 2010 (acting) 7 March 2011 – 31 December 2011 | Labour | |
Mina Gerhardsen | 1 February 2012 – | Labour | |
Kjersti Stenseng | 15 May 2012 – 1 October 2013 (previously acting from 1 November 2011 – 31 December 2011) | Labour | |
Ministry of Labour | Jan-Erik Støstad | 21 October 2005 – 23 November 2012 | Labour |
Libe S. Rieber-Mohn | 21 October 2005 – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Laila Gustavsen | 21 October 2005 – 30 September 2009 | Labour | |
Berit Oskal Eira | 28 October 2005 – 26 October 2007 | Independent | |
Raimo Valle | 26 October 2007 – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Gina Lund | 20 October 2009 – 15 February 2013 | Labour | |
Norvald Mo | 23 November 2012 – | Labour | |
Cecilie Bjelland | 1 March 2013 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Transport and Communications | Steinulf Tungesvik | 21 October 2005 – 29 February 2008 13 February 2012 – 1 April 2012 (acting) | Centre |
Erik Lahnstein | 19 October 2007 – 4 January 2010 (acting 17 October 2006 – 15 December 2006) 3 February 2012 – 28 September 2012 | Centre | |
Hege Solbakken | 3 March 2008 – 20 October 2009 (leave of absence 29 September 2008 – 29 March 2009) | Centre | |
Guri Størvold | 15 September 2008 – 20 October 2009 (acting) | Centre | |
Geir Pollestad [17] | 8 October 2008 – 30 September 2009 28 September 2012 – 1 October 2013 | Centre | |
Lars Erik Bartnes | 20 October 2009 – (leave of absence 6 February 2012 – 15 April 2012) | ||
Ministry of Fisheries | Vidar Ulriksen | 21 October 2005 – 14 January 2011 | Labour |
Hans Kristian Amundsen | 14 January 2011 – 9 May 2011 | Labour | |
Kristine Gramstad | 13 May 2011 – 8 February 2013 | Labour | |
Hugo Bjørnstad | 1 March 2013 – | Labour | |
Ministry of the Environment | Henriette Westhrin | – 18 October 2007 30 March 2012 – | Socialist Left |
Heidi Sørensen | 18 October 2007 – 27 April 2012 | Socialist Left | |
Ketil Raknes | 27 April 2012 – (leave of absence 10 September 2013 – ) | Socialist Left | |
Ellen Øseth | 1 March 2013 – | Socialist Left | |
Line Gaare Paulsen | 6 September 2013 – | Socialist Left | |
Ministry of Agriculture | Ola T. Heggem | 28 October 2005 – 30 September 2011 | Centre |
Harald O. Buttedahl | 21 October 2011 – 7 June 2013 | Centre | |
Erlend T. Grimstad | 7 June 2013 – | Centre | |
Ministry of Justice and Public Security | Anne Rygh Pedersen | 21 October 2005 – 9 February 2007 | Labour |
Terje Moland Pedersen | 21 October 2005 – 20 January 2012 (leave of absence 17 April 2009 – 10 August 2009) | Labour | |
Astri Aas-Hansen | 9 February 2007 – 26 April 2013 | Labour | |
Eirik Øwre Thorshaug | 29 April 2009 – 10 August 2009 (acting) 1 January 2011 – 31 March 2011 (acting) 16 December 2011 – 7 September 2012 | Labour | |
Pål Lønseth | 23 October 2009 – | Labour | |
Kristin Bergersen | 21 September 2012 – (acting since 2 February 2012) | Labour | |
Pål Martin Sand | 2 May 2013 – | Labour | |
Ministry of Children and Equality | Kjell Erik Øie | 21 October 2005 – 27 March 2009 | Labour |
Krishna Chudasama | 28 October 2005 – 1 December 2006 | Labour | |
Lotte Grepp Knutsen | 27 March 2009 – 20 October 2009 | Labour | |
Henriette Westhrin | 20 October 2009 – 30 March 2012 | Socialist Left | |
Kirsti Bergstø | 26 November 2010 – 5 March 2012 | Socialist Left | |
Roger Sandum | 5 March 2012 – 23 March 2012 | Socialist Left | |
Ahmad Ghanizadeh | 23 March 2012 – | Socialist Left | |
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy | Anita Utseth | 21 October 2005 – 21 September 2007 | Centre |
Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt | 21 September 2007 – 27 March 2009 | Centre | |
Guri Størvold | 21 September 2007 – 20 June 2008 | Centre | |
Geir Pollestad | 20 June 2008 – 8 October 2008 | Centre | |
Robin Kåss | 8 October 2008 – 25 June 2010 | Labour | |
Sigrid Hjørnegård | 27 March 2009 – 4 March 2011 | Centre | |
Per Rune Henriksen | 3 September 2010 – 7 May 2013 | Labour | |
Eli Blakstad | 11 March 2011 – 28 September 2012 | Centre | |
Ane Hansdatter Kismul | 28 September 2012 – | Centre | |
Ministry of Education and Research | Åge Ronald Rosnes | – 3 September 2006 | Socialist Left |
Lisbet Rugtvedt | – 9 December 2011 | Socialist Left | |
Per Botolf Maurseth | 1 September 2006 – 18 October 2007 | Socialist Left | |
Jens Revold | 18 October 2007 – 13 March 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Åsa Elvik | 13 March 2009 – 20 October 2009 | Socialist Left | |
Roger Sandum | 20 October 2009 – | Socialist Left | |
Kyrre Lekve | 20 October 2009 – 7 May 2012 | Socialist Left | |
Elisabet Dahle | 9 December 2011 – | Socialist Left | |
Ragnhild Setsaas | 7 May 2012 – | Socialist Left |
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