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.
Anniken Huitfeldt was appointed new minister on 29 February 2008. • On 20 June 2008,
Åslaug Haga resigned as Minister of Petroleum and Energy citing health problems following press revelations about a building violations scandal. 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. • 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. • Following the
re-election of the Government, the Prime Minister on 20 October 2009 presented a new cabinet with several changes. 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. • 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 • 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. • 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. ==Change in ministry structure==