Norwegian government reshuffles

June 23, 2008 - 0:0

STOCKHOLM (Xinhua) -- Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg reshuffled his three-party coalition government Friday, one day after Oil and Energy Minister Aaslaug Haga stepped down from her post, according to reports reaching here from Oslo.

The present Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen will replace Aslaug Haga as the new oil and energy minister and Lars Peder Brekk, also from Center Party as Riis-Johansen and Aaslaug Haga, will be the new minister of agriculture and food, Stoltenberg said at a press conference.
Stoltenberg also changed three ministers' posts. Labor Party politician Sylvia Brustad will be moved from the post of health minister to become minister of trade and industry. The present Minister of Trade and Industry, Dag Terje Andersen becomes minister of labor and social inclusion, replacing Bjarne Haakon Hanssen, who will in turn become new minister of health.