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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 Holmas
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.
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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