Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway
The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on June 7, 1905 – the same day the Norwegian Parliament decided to dissolve the union with Sweden.
The Ministry is currently headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Petersen and Minister for International Development Hilde Frafjord Johnson. They have been cabinet ministers in the centre-right government headed by prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik since 2001.
Organisation
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organised with 104 foreign missions and the subordinate Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The Ministry and foreign missions have a total staff of approx. 2200.
The Ministry has one secreteriat for each minister and ten departments:
- European Department
- Department for Security Policy and Bilateral Relations with the USA and Canada and Russia and other CIS countries
- Department for Africa, Asia, Latin America and Middle East (Regional Department)
- Department for Global Affairs
- Department for Trade Policy, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
- Department for International Development Policy
- Department for Legal Affairs
- Press, Cultural Affairs and Information Department
- Protocol Department
- Department for Administrative Affairs