Solberg's Cabinet
| Solberg's Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 61st cabinet of Norway | |
| Incumbent | |
 | |
| Date formed | 16 October 2013 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Erna Solberg |
| Head of state | Harald V of Norway |
| Number of ministers |
18 (2013-2015) 20 (2015- ) |
| Member party |
Conservative Party Progress Party |
| Status in legislature | Minority government |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2013 parliamentary election |
| Legislature term(s) | 2013-2017 |
| Predecessor | 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. On 16 December 2015, the cabinet was re-shuffled.
Parliamentary support
The Government is a Centre-right 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]
On 16 December 2015, Solberg made a cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle increased the number of cabinet ministers from 18 to 20.
References
- ↑ Conservative Party and Progress Party to form a coalition government. 2013-09-30 Aftenposten
- ↑ Official news release from the Cabinet 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ↑ NTB (14 October 2013)Frp får landbruksministeren Aftenposten. Retrieved 17 October 2013 (Norwegian)
- 1 2 3 John Olav Egeland (16 October 2013) En regjering for markedsstaten Aftenposten. Retrieved 17 October 2013 (Norwegian)