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Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs

Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs

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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (Norwegian: Fornyings-, administrasjons- og kirkedepartementet, FAD) was a Norwegian ministry.

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It was established as the Ministry of Modernisation on 1 January 2005, succeeding the portfolio of the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration. The ministry's nomenclature changed into Ministry of Government Administration and Reform in January 2006 by Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet.Heidi Grande Røys was assigned as the minister of this ministry.

It took its final nomenclature in 1 January 2010. At the same time, the ministry was given responsibility for church matters that were transferred from the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, and Sami and minority policy matters that previously fell under the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.

When Solberg's cabinet assumed office in October 2013, Jan Tore Sanner took over the ministry, pending its discontinuation from 2014. On 1 January 2014, it was absorbed into the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation.[3]

The ministry was responsible for reform work, information technology, competition policy in addition to having the main responsibility for government employees and government organisation. The department must report to the legislature – the Storting.

Organisation

The ministry was divided into the following sections:

  • Political staff
  • Information Unit
  • Department of Employer Policy
  • Department of Competition Policy
  • Department of Government Services
  • Economics and Economic Analysis Unit


Subsidiaries

The following government agencies were subordinate to the ministry:[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Historikk" [History] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Endringer i departementsstrukturen" [Changes in the ministry structure] (in Norwegian). Office of the Prime Minister. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Slutt på Fiskeridepartementet". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). 3 January 2014. p. 9.
  4. [4]
    Norwegian Ministry of Finance. "Underliggende etater" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-06-27.


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