Minister of International Development (Norway)

Minister of International Development of Norway
Bistands- og utviklingsministeren
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
Formation 8 June 1983
First holder Reidun Brusletten
Final holder Heikki Holmås
Abolished 16 October 2013
Deputy State secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website Official website

The Minister of International Development (Norwegian: Bistands- og utviklingsministeren) was 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.

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]

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
  Labour Party
  Socialist Left Party

Ministers

PhotoNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenureCabinetRef
— Reidun Brusletten Christian Democratic8 June 19839 May 19862 years, 336 daysWilloch II[5]
— Vesla Vetlesen Labour9 May 198613 June 19882 years, 36 daysBrundtland II[7]
— Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl Labour13 June 198816 October 19891 year, 126 daysBrundtland II[7]
— Tom Vraalsen Centre16 October 19893 November 19901 year, 19 daysSyse[8]
Grete Faremo Labour3 November 19904 September 19921 years, 304 daysBrundtland III[9]
— Kari Nordheim-Larsen Labour4 September 199217 October 19974 years, 43 daysBrundtland III
Jagland		[9][10]
Hilde Frafjord Johnson Christian Democratic17 October 199721 March 20001 year, 150 daysBondevik I[11]
Anne Kristin Sydnes Labour21 March 200019 October 20011 year, 213 daysStoltenberg I[12]
Hilde Frafjord Johnson Christian Democratic19 October 200117 October 20053 years, 364 daysBondevik II[13]
Erik Solheim Socialist Left17 October 200523 March 20126 years, 159 daysStoltenberg II[1]
Heikki Holmås Socialist Left23 March 201216 October 20131 year, 199 daysStoltenberg II[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "About the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Development cooperation". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Norwegian Government Ministries since 1945". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Odvar Nordli's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Solberg kutter bistandsministeren" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Jan Syse's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Thorbjørn Jagland's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "Jens Stoltenberg's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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