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Head of government of Norway
The
prime minister of Norway
(
Norwegian
:
statsminister
, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the
head of government
and
chief executive
of
Norway
. The prime minister and
Cabinet
(consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively
accountable
for their policies and actions to the
monarch
, to the
Storting (Parliament of Norway)
, to their
political party
, and ultimately the electorate. In practice, since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. The prime minister is almost always the leader of the majority party in the Storting, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition.
Norway has a
constitution
, which was adopted on 17 May 1814.
[1]
The position of prime minister is the result of legislation. Modern prime ministers have few statutory powers, but provided they can command the support of their parliamentary party, they can control both the legislature and the executive (the cabinet) and hence wield considerable
de facto
powers. As of 2021
[update]
the prime minister of Norway is
Jonas Gahr Støre
, of the
Labour Party
, replacing
Erna Solberg
of
Conservative Party
, who resigned in October 2021.
Unlike their counterparts in the rest of Europe, Norwegian prime ministers do not have the option of advising the king to dissolve the Storting and call a
snap election
. The constitution requires that the Storting serve out its full four-year term. If the prime minister loses the confidence of the Storting, they must resign.
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