Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen.

She became Norwegian

citizen two weeks ago.

Changes in the Norwegian Government.

Press release, published 18.10.2007

No.: 129-07

In today’s extraordinary session of the Council of State the King has made the following changes in the Government:

Ms. Tora Aasland (64), (County Governor of Rogaland),(Bryne), has been appointed Minister in the Ministry of Education, responsible for research and higher education
Minister Erik Solheim (52), (Oslo) has been appointed Minister of the Environment while retaining responsibility for development affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ms. Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen (44), (Head of section), (Oslo), has been appointed Minister in the Ministry of Children and Equality.
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell (36), (State Secretary), (Son), has been appointed Minister of Education.

At the same time the following ministers have been honourably discharged from their offices:

Minister of the Environment, Ms. Helen Bjørnøy.
Minister of Education, Mr. Øystein Djupedal.
Minister of Children and Equality, Ms. Karita Bekkemellem.

The changes are effective as of 5.15 pm today.

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The government list now is as follows:

Prime Minister:
Mr. Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)

Minister of Finance:
Ms. Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)

Minister of Petroleum and Energy:
Ms. Åslaug Marie Haga (Cent.)

Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)

Minister of Research- and Higher Education:
Ms. Tora Aasland (Soc.)

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development:
Ms. Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Cent.)

Minister of Defence:
Ms. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)

Minister of the Environment and Development Cooperation:
Mr. Erik Solheim (Soc.)

Minister of Trade and Industry:
Mr. Dag Terje Andersen (Lab.)

Minister of Transport and Communications:
Ms. Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)

Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion:
Mr. Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)

Minister for Children and Equality:
Ms. Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen (Lab.)

Minister of Justice and the Police:
Mr. Knut Storberget (Lab.)

Minister of Culture and Church Affairs:
Mr. Trond Giske (Lab.)

Minister of Health and Care Services:
Ms. Sylvia Kristin Brustad (Lab.)

Minister of Government Administration and Reform:
Ms. Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)

Minister of Agriculture and Food:
Mr. Terje Riis-Johansen (Cent.)

Minister of Education:
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell (Soc.)

Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs:
Ms. Helga Pedersen (Lab.)

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Source: Office of the Prime Minister

(The Office of the Prime Minister, 18.10.2007)

Manuela Myriam Henri Ramin-Osmundsen, born on the French island of Martinique, was educated as a lawyer in France. She is married to Conservative politician Terje Osmundsen, is a long-time resident of Norway and newspaper VG's web site reported that she became a Norwegian citizen two weeks ago.

She has held a variety of positions in the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and resigned as director of the UDI over the controversial granting of residency to a group of 200 Kurdish asylum seekers, which occurred when she was assistant director.

Stoltenberg said it was high time that the Norwegian government had a minister from an immigrant background.

"Now we get a government that reflects multi-cultural Norway better than before. I want Manuela to have a clear role," Stoltenberg said, and added that there was a historic perspective to the appointment.

Stoltenberg said that the Labour Party had a tradition of fighting for workers' and women's rights and the time had come to make the same fight for immigrants, in cooperation with coalition partners SV and the Center Party.

According to Stoltenberg the two SV ministers asked to be relieved of their duties, and he refused comment on Bekkemellem's exit.

"I believe it is important with renewal. I think every government should have some after two years," Stoltenberg said.

"I am looking forward to working with all of the new ministers," Stoltenberg said outside the palace, and thanked all the outgoing ministers for their work. The changes involving the two SV ministers were widely linked to SV's poor performance in recent local elections, when voters complained that SV wasn't doing a good enough job in the areas of higher education and the environment, where it's traditionally drawn support.

Aftenposten's Norwegian reporters.

Elisabeth Rodum and Jostein IhlebækAftenposten English Web DeskJonathan Tisdall

Manuela in the Norwegian media.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1271621.ece

http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article318623.ece

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