Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:	Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet
Cabinet Type:	Cabinet
Jurisdiction:	Norway
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Date Formed:	17 October 2005
Date Dissolved:	16 October 2013
Government Head:	Jens Stoltenberg
State Head:	Harald V of Norway
Political Party:	Labour Party Socialist Left Party Centre Party
Legislature Status:	Red–Green Coalition
Election:	2005, 2009
Legislature Term:	2005 - 2009 2009 - 2013
Incoming Formation:	2005 parliamentary election
Outgoing Formation:	2013 parliamentary election
Previous:	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.

Replacements

There have been several changes since Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presented his first team in October 2005:

• On 29 September 2006, Odd Eriksen resigned as Minister of Trade and Industry, and was succeeded by Dag Terje Andersen.
• On 21 September 2007, Odd Roger Enoksen resigned as Minister of Petroleum and Energy and was replaced by Åslaug Haga, who was succeeded as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development by Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, thus making the first government in the history of Norway with more women than men.
• On 18 October 2007, Helen Bjørnøy resigned as Minister of Environment and Øystein Djupedal as Minister of Education and Science. Fellow Socialist Left Party minister Erik Solheim became joint Minister of International Development and Environment (though the two roles were not merged, International Development is part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), while Djupedal was succeeded by Bård Vegard Solhjell as Minister of Education and Tora Aasland as Minister of Science. Karita Bekkemellem resigned as Minister of Children and Equality and was replaced by Norway's first minister with a minority background, Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen.
• On 15 February 2008, Ramin-Osmundsen was forced to resign following the strong criticism she faced after withholding information and lying to the Prime Minister on a possible conflict of interest in appointing a new children's ombudsman.^[1] Anniken Huitfeldt was appointed new minister on 29 February 2008.^[2]
• On 20 June 2008, Åslaug Haga resigned as Minister of Petroleum and Energy citing health problems following press revelations about a building violations scandal.^[3] The resignation led to a major reshuffle. Haga was replaced as Minister of Petroleum and Energy by Terje Riis-Johansen, who was himself replaced as Minister of Agriculture and Food by member of parliament and fellow Centre Party politician Lars Peder Brekk. Among the Labour Party ministers, Dag Terje Andersen moved to the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion and was replaced as Minister of Industry and Trade by Sylvia Brustad. Her former Ministry of Health and Care Services was taken by Bjarne Håkon Hanssen.^{[4] [5] [6]}
• On 2 October 2009, Dag Terje Andersen resigned as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion to become President of the Storting and Helga Pedersen as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs to become parliamentary leader for the Labour party in the Storting.^[7]
• Following the re-election of the Government, the Prime Minister on 20 October 2009 presented a new cabinet with several changes.^[8] The election strengthened the Labour party, while weakening the Socialist Left party, and the latter thus handed over one ministry to the former. They also gave up the Ministry of Finance for the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social inclusion. Another change in the composition of the government was the promotion of Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen from state secretary to Minister at the Office of the Prime Minister, thus adding to the number of ministers. In the Labour party, Minister of Health and Care Services Bjarne Håkon Hanssen and Minister of Trade and Industry Sylvia Brustad, both resigned from politics. The health portfolio was given to Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, who was succeeded as Minister of Defence by Grete Faremo. The Trade and Industry portfolio was given to Trond Giske, who was succeeded as Minister of Culture by Anniken Huitfeldt (while the church portfolio was moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform). Her former Ministry of Children of Equality was handed to the new Socialist Left party chairman Audun Lysbakken, who also took the portfolio of social inclusion. The former Socialist Left party chairman Kristin Halvorsen left the Ministry of Finance to become new Minister of Education, while the incumbent of that ministry, Bård Vegar Solhjell, resigned from the government to become parliamentary leader for the Socialist Left party in the Storting. Sigbjørn Johnsen became new Minister of Finance for the Labour party. The Ministry of Government Administration and Reform received the church portfolio, and Labour party MP Rigmor Aasrud was appointed minister. The outgoing Socialist Left party minister, Heidi Grande Røys, resigned from politics. To fill the vacancies left by the post-election (2 October) resignations of Andersen as Minister of Labour, and Pedersen as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, new Labour party ministers were Lisbeth Berg-Hansen and Hanne Bjurstrøm. The Centre party kept their ministers, but there was a switch of ministries. Party leader Liv Signe Navarsete became Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, while Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa took Navarsete's former Ministry of Transport and Communications.
• On 4 March 2011, Terje Riis-Johansen resigned as Minister of Petroleum and Energy and was replaced by Ola Borten Moe.
• On 11 November 2011, Knut Storberget resigned as Minister of Justice, stating he wanted to spend more time with his children after troubling months following the 2011 Norway attacks. He was replaced by Grete Faremo, who was succeeded as Minister of Defence by Espen Barth Eide.^[9]
• On 5 March 2012, Audun Lysbakken left the government as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion and was replaced by Kristin Halvorsen until further notice^[10]
• On 23 March 2012, Erik Solheim and Tora Aasland retired. Both education portfolios were put under the responsibility of Halvorsen. Inga Marte Thorkildsen was appointed Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion; Heikki Holmås was appointed Minister of International Development; and Solhjell was appointed Minister of the Environment.
• On 18 June 2012, Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa and Lars Peder Brekk resigned. Kleppa was succeeded as Minister of Transportation and Communication by Marit Arnstad, while Brekk was succeeded as Minister of Agriculture and Food by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.^[11]
• On 21 September 2012, Hanne Bjurstrøm resigned, and was replaced as Minister of Labour by Anniken Huitfeldt. Her former Ministry of Culture was handed to Hadia Tajik, who thus became Norway's first Muslim member of government. At the same time Jonas Gahr Støre was appointed Minister of Health and Care Services, replacing Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen who was re-appointed as Minister of Defence (the position she held between 2005 and 2009). The Minister of Defence, Espen Barth Eide, succeeded Gahr Støre as Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[12]

Change in ministry structure

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]}

Cabinet members

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State Secretaries

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 (acting)	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 (acting since 19 September 2011, leave of absence 2 February 2012  - 30 June 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

References

• Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government. 17 October 2005 –present – Government.no

Notes

Notes and References

1. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2256533.ece Children's minister quits under fire
2. Web site: Anniken Huitfeldt ny statatsråd . 2008-02-26 . 2008-09-24 . The norwegian Government. no.
3. Web site: Embattled cabinet minister steps down . 2008-06-19 . 2008-09-24 . Nina Berglund . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080624130438/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2492666.ece . 24 June 2008 .
4. News: Changes in the Government. 2008-06-20. The Norwegian Government. 2008-07-12.
5. News: Her er Stoltenbergs nye regjeringskabal . Andersen. Mads A. . Elisabeth Breien Ellingsen . Per Øyvind Fange . Jarle Brenna . 2008-06-20. Verdens Gang. no. 2008-06-21.
6. Web site: Stoltenberg unveils new government line-up . 2008-06-20 . 2008-09-24 . Nina Berglund . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080623092757/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2496908.ece . 23 June 2008 .
7. News: Andersen and Pedersen leaving the Government. 2009-10-02. The Norwegian Government. 2009-10-11.
8. News: Changes in the Government. 2009-10-20. The Norwegian Government. 2013-10-05.
9. News: Changes in the Government. 2012-09-21. The Norwegian Government. 2013-10-05.
10. Web site: Regjeringen Solberg. 13 March 2018.
11. News: Changes in the Government. 2012-06-18. The Norwegian Government. 2013-10-05.
12. News: Changes in the Government. 2012-09-21. The Norwegian Government. 2013-10-05.
13. Web site: Norske departementer. 31 March 2014.
14. Unless otherwise noted, the period was 17 October 2005  - 16 October 2013
15. News: Change of state secretary in UD. 2009-04-24. The Norwegian Government. 2009-07-20.
16. News: Acting state secretary in FIN. 2009-05-18. The Norwegian Government. 2009-07-20.
17. News: Change among the state secretaries. 2009-09-25. The Norwegian Government. 2009-10-11.