Minister of Research and Higher Education
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| Minister of Research and Higher Education of Norway | |
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| 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 Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel of the Centre Party who has served since January 2024.
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[edit]
Key
Centre Party
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Socialist Left Party
| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Tora Aasland | Socialist Left | 18 October 2007 | 23 March 2012 | 4 years, 157 days | Stoltenberg II | [1] |
| Abolished between 2012 and 2018 | |||||||
.jpg) | Iselin Nybø | Liberal | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | 2 years, 7 days | Solberg | [2] |
.jpg) | Henrik Asheim | Conservative | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | Solberg | [3] |
 | Ola Borten Moe | Centre | 14 October 2021 | 4 August 2023 | 1 year, 294 days | Støre | [4] |
.jpg) | Sandra Borch | Centre | 4 August 2023 | 23 January 2024 | 172 days | Støre | [5] |
 | Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel | Centre | 23 January 2024 | present | 90 days | Støre | [6] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jens Stoltenberg's Second Government". Government.no. 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.