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Norway's new Super Minister: Bjarne Håkon Hanssen

Work for all is one of the main aims of Norway's new left-of-centre government. "Super Minister" Bjarne Håkon Hanssen carries a great responsibility. He controls one in three of every krone in the budget. He has to make sure the government reaches its goal of a more inclusive working life. The hidden unemployment must be fought, and more people of employable age must be included in working life.
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Bjarne Håkon Hanssen

Minister of  Labour and Social Inclusion, Norway, since 17 October 2005.

He has responsibility for the following fields:

Labour market policy, Working Environment and Safety, Poverty and Welfare, Integration and Diversity, Sami and Minority Affaires and Migration.

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's government is a majority government representing the Labour Party (Lab), the Socialist Left Party (Soc) and the Centre Party (Cent).

Main objectives:

  • to establish a new employment and welfare service,
  • to reform the Norwegian pension system
  • to present a comprehensive rethink of our policies in a white paper on "Employment, welfare and inclusion."

Bjarne Håkon Hanssen has been a member of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) since 1997. In 2000-2001 he was Minister of Agriculture in Jens Stoltenberg’s first government.

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