Syse's Cabinet

Syse's Cabinet was a minority centre-right Conservative, Centre, Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Second cabinet Brundtland after the 1989 election, and sat between 16 October 1989 and 3 November 1990. It was replaced by the Labour Third cabinet Brundtland after Centre left the coalition due to disagreement over possible Norwegian membership in the European Economic Area. This disagreement was anticipated as the cabinet operated with a suicide paragraph from the beginning.^[1] Syse's cabinet had the following composition:^[2]

Syse's Cabinet
Cabinet of Norway
Date formed	16 October 1989
Date dissolved	3 November 1990
People and organisations
Head of state	Olav V of Norway
Head of government	Jan Peder Syse
Total no. of members	19
Member party	Conservative Party Centre Party Christian Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition minority government 62 / 165 (37.58%)
Opposition party	Labour
History
Election	1989 parliamentary election
Predecessor	Brundtland's Second Cabinet
Successor	Brundtland's Third Cabinet

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Jan P. Syse	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kjell Magne Bondevik	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Christian Democratic
Minister of Finance and Customs	Arne Skauge	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Defence	Per Ditlev-Simonsen	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Justice and the Police	Else Bugge Fougner	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Transport and Communications	Lars Gunnar Lie	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Christian Democratic
Minister of Local Government	Johan J. Jakobsen	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Centre
Minister of Education and Church Affairs[a]	Einar Steensnæs	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Christian Democratic
Minister of Culture and Research	Eleonore Bjartveit	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Christian Democratic
Minister of Social Affairs	Wenche Frogn Sellæg	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs	Solveig Sollie	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Christian Democratic
Minister of Agriculture	Anne Petrea Vik	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Centre
Minister of Industry	Petter Thomassen	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Trade and Shipping	Kaci Kullmann Five	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of Government Administration and Labour	Kristin Clemet	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative
Minister of International Development Minister of Nordic Cooperation	Tom Vraalsen	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Centre
Minister of the Environment	Kristin Hille Valla	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Centre
Minister of Petroleum and Energy	Eivind Reiten	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Centre
Minister of Fisheries	Svein Munkejord	16 October 1989	3 November 1990		Conservative

See also

• Norwegian Council of State
• Government of Norway
• List of Norwegian governments

Notes

1. Renamed Education and Research on 1 January 1990.