Stoltenberg II Cabinet
| Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet | |
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 60th cabinet of Norway |
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| Date formed | 17 October 2005 |
| Date dissolved | 16 October 2013 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Head of state | Harald V of Norway |
| Member party |
Labour Party Socialist Left Party Centre Party |
| Status in legislature | Red–Green Coalition |
| History | |
| Election(s) |
2005 parliamentary election 2009 parliamentary election |
| Outgoing formation | 2013 parliamentary election |
| Predecessor | Bondevik's Second Cabinet |
| Successor | Solberg's Cabinet |
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September 2013, the coalition was defeated in the 2013 election.
The cabinet has ten members from the Labour Party, five from the Socialist Left Party and four from the Centre Party. It replaced Bondevik's Second Cabinet following the 2005 parliamentary election where the three parties won a majority in parliament. In the 2009 parliamentary election, the three parties retained their majority, and the coalition continued.
The cabinet is the first time the Socialist Left Party has sat in government, and the second time, after the post-war interim Gerhardsen's First Cabinet, where the Labour Party sits in a coalition government. It was the first cabinet to have had a majority of women, the first to have had a member with a non-Western heritage and the first to have had a member who was a Muslim.
There have been several changes since Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presented his first team in October 2005:
From 1 January 2010 there was a change in the Ministry structure, following the September 2009 election and re-formation of the government. The Social Inclusion division of the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion was split between the Ministry of Children and Equality and the Ministry of Justice and Police. The Church Affairs division of the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs was moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform.
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