Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Dag Terje Andersen and Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen has resigned their position. The reason of their resignation is that they will take new positions in the newly elected Parliament. As soon as their resignations were accepted, Bjarne Haakon and Sylvia Brustad were assined to these ministries for the transitional phase.
After these changes, The Ministerial positions in the government are distributed like this:
Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg (Ap)
Ministry of Finance (Treasury)
Kristin Halvorsen (SV)
Ministry of Transport
Liv Signe (Sp)
Foreign Minister
Jonas Gahr Støre (AP)
Research and higher education issues in the Ministry of Education (Research and Higher Education)
Tora Aasland (SV)
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development(Municipal and Regional Affairs)
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Sp)
Defense Ministry (Defense)
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Ap)
Ministry of Environment and Development Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Erik Solheim (SV)
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Lars Peder Brekk (Sp)
Ministry of Health and Care Services and Chief of Labor and Social Inclusion
Bjarne HĂĄkon Hanssen (Ap)
Ministry of Justice and the Police
Knut Storberget (AP)
Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
Trond Giske (AP)
Ministry of Trade and Industry and Chief of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (Fisheries and Coastal Affairs)
Sylvia Brustad (Ap)
Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, responsible for coordination of Nordic cooperation
Heidi Grande Røys (SV)
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Terje Riis-Johansen (Sp)
Ministry of Children and Equality
Anniken Huitfeldt (Ap)
Ministry of Education, With responsibility for eudcation and training issues
Bard Vegar Solhjell (SV)
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