Minister of International Development (Norway)

Minister of International Development of Norway

Bistands- og utviklingsministeren

Incumbent
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim

since 14 October 2021

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 (re-established 17 January 2018)
First holder| Reidun Brusletten
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) is 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] The position was re-established in 2018 after the Liberal Party joined the Solberg Cabinet.

## Key

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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
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Socialist Left Party

## Ministers

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Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet | Ref

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—  | Reidun Brusletten | Christian Democratic | 8 June 1983 | 9 May 1986 | 2 years, 335 days | Willoch II | [5]
—  | Vesla Vetlesen | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 13 June 1988 | 2 years, 35 days | Brundtland II | [7]
—  | Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl | Labour | 13 June 1988 | 16 October 1989 | 1 year, 125 days | Brundtland II | [7]
—  | Tom Vraalsen | Centre | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse | [8]
| Grete Faremo | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 1 year, 306 days | Brundtland III | [9]
—  | Kari Nordheim-Larsen | Labour | 4 September 1992 | 17 October 1997 | 5 years, 43 days | Brundtland III
Jagland | [9][10]
| Hilde Frafjord Johnson | Christian Democratic | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I | [11]
| Anne Kristin Sydnes | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I | [12]
| Hilde Frafjord Johnson | Christian Democratic | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Bondevik II | [13]
| Erik Solheim | Socialist Left | 17 October 2005 | 23 March 2012 | 6 years, 158 days | Stoltenberg II | [1]
| Heikki Holmås | Socialist Left | 23 March 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 207 days | Stoltenberg II | [1]
Abolished between 2013 and 2018
| Nikolai Astrup | Conservative | 17 January 2018 | 22 January 2019 | 1 year, 5 days | Solberg | [14]
| Dag Inge Ulstein | Christian Democratic | 22 January 2019 | 14 October 2021 | 2 years, 265 days | Solberg | [15]
| Anne Beathe Tvinnereim | Centre | 14 October 2021 | present | 3 years, 42 days | Støre | [16]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. ^ "About the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Government.no. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
3. ^ "Development cooperation". Government.no. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
4. ^ a b "Norwegian Government Ministries since 1945". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
5. ^ a b "Odvar Nordli's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
6. ^ "Solberg kutter bistandsministeren" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 October 2013.
7. ^ a b "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
8. ^ "Jan Syse's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
9. ^ a b "Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
10. ^ "Thorbjørn Jagland's Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
11. ^ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
12. ^ "Jens Stoltenberg's First Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
13. ^ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
14. ^ "Her er Erna Solbergs nye mannskap: – Vi skaper historie" (in Norwegian). NRK. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
15. ^ "Her er den nye regjeringen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
16. ^ "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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* Brusletten (1983–86)
* Vetlesen (1986–88)
* Grøndahl (1988–89)
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* Faremo (1990–92)
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* Holmås (2012–13)
* Astrup (2018–19)
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