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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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