Minister of Research and Higher Education
| Minister of Research and Higher Education of Norway | |
|---|---|
| Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister | |
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| Ministry of Education and Research | |
| Member of | Council of State |
| Seat | Oslo |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Monarch With approval of Parliament |
| Term length | No fixed length |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Norway |
| Formation | 18 October 2007 |
| First holder | Tora Aasland |
| Deputy | State secretaries for the Minister of Research and Higher Education |
| Website | Official website |
The Minister of Research and Higher Education (Bokmål: Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister, Nynorsk: Forskings- og høgare utdanningsminister) is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Education and Research. The incumbent minister is Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland of the Labour Party who has served since February 2025.
The post was originally established in 2007, before its responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Culture in 2012. The post was re-established when the Liberal Party joined the Solberg Cabinet in 2018.
Ministers
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Centre Party
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Liberal Party
Socialist Left Party
| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet | Ref |
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Tora Aasland | Socialist Left | 18 October 2007 | 23 March 2012 | 4 years, 157 days | Stoltenberg II | [1] |
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Iselin Nybø | Liberal | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | 2 years, 7 days | Solberg | [2] |
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Henrik Asheim | Conservative | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | [3] | |
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Ola Borten Moe | Centre | 14 October 2021 | 4 August 2023 | 1 year, 294 days | Støre | [4] |
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Sandra Borch | Centre | 4 August 2023 | 23 January 2024 | 172 days | [5] | |
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Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel | Centre | 23 January 2024 | 4 February 2025 | 1 year, 12 days | [6] | |
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Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland | Labour | 4 February 2025 | present | 1 year, 190 days | [7] | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "Venstre i regjering" (in Norwegian). venstre.no. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ↑ "Her er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ↑ "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ "Borch blir ny forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister – Pollestad blir landbruksminister" (in Norwegian). NRK. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel utnemnd til ny statsråd" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ↑ Skårdalsmo, Kristian; Rønning, Mats; Tomter, Line; Hjetland, Geir Bjarte; Grasmo, Julie (4 February 2025). "Nye statsråder: Stenseng inn i regjering – Skjæran får toppjobb på Stortinget" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 4 February 2025.