Solberg's Cabinet

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Solberg's Cabinet
61st Cabinet of Norway
Incumbent
Date formed 16 October 2013
People and organizations
Head of government Erna Solberg
Head of state Harald V of Norway
Number of ministers 18
Member party Conservative Party
Progress Party
Status in legislature Minority government
History
Election(s) 2013 parliamentary election
Legislature term(s) 2013-2017
Previous Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet

Solberg's Cabinet is the incumbent Government of the Kingdom of Norway. The Government was appointed by the King on 16 October 2013 following the parliamentary election on 9 September. It succeeded Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet.

Parlamentary support

The Government is a coalition of the Conservative Party and the Progress Party, relying on parliamentary support from the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party through a separate agreement giving them influence on policy.[1] The Government is the first in which the Progress Party participates.

Name

By convention, a Norwegian government is usually named after the Prime Minister, in casu the Solberg Cabinet. The Government, however, has officially referred to itself as the Høyre Frp Cabinet. Informally, it is called the Blue Cabinet and even the Blue Blue Cabinet, referring to Høyre's light blue and the Progress Party's dark blue party colour, respectively.

Members

On 16 October 2013, Erna Solberg's cabinet ministers were formally appointed by the King Harald V.[2]

The Cabinet has 18 ministers; two fewer than the previous Stoltenberg cabinet. It has eleven ministers from the Conservatives and seven from Progress, reflecting the parties numerical strength in Parliament.[3]

The cabinet has nine men and nine women. The average age at the start is 43. Six ministers have studies in economics, four are jurists and four have studies in the humanities or social sciences.[4]

Seven ministers hail from Western Norway,[4] including Listhaug who now represents Oslo. Seven ministers (including Listhaug) represent Eastern Norway, three ministers represent Trøndelag, one Northern Norway and one Sørlandet. Siv Jensen is the only minister who was born and grew up in Oslo.[4]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Erna Solberg16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister at the Office of the Prime Minister,
responsible for EEA Affairs and EU Relations,
also Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister
 Vidar Helgesen16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Finance Siv Jensen16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Jan Tore Sanner16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Defence Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Trade and Industry Monica Mæland16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Transport and Communications Ketil Solvik-Olsen16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Agriculture Sylvi Listhaug16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Fisheries
also Minister for Nordic Cooperation Affairs
 Elisabeth Aspaker16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Justice and Public Security Anders Anundsen16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Røe Isaksen16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Solveig Horne16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Robert Eriksson16 October 2013IncumbentProgress Party
Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Thorhild Widvey16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party
Minister of Climate and the Environment Tine Sundtoft16 October 2013IncumbentConservative Party

References

  1. Conservative Party and Progress Party to form a coalition government. 2013-09-30 Aftenposten
  2. Official news release from the Cabinet 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. NTB (14 October 2013)Frp får landbruksministeren Aftenposten. Retrieved 17 October 2013 (Norwegian)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 John Olav Egeland (16 October 2013) En regjering for markedsstaten Aftenposten. Retrieved 17 October 2013 (Norwegian)
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