Several changes were made in the Government on October 18.
Helen Bjørnøy, Karita Bekkemellem og Øystein Djupedal are stepping down. New Ministers in the Goverment are Bård Vegar Solhjell and Tora Aasland, both in the Ministry of Education and Research.
In addition, Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen will be the new Minister for Children and Equality. She will also be given responsibility for the portfolio of anti-discrimination in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.
Minster Erik Solheim will take over the Ministry of the Environment, while still keeping responsibility for Development portfolio in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD).
Ramin-Osmundsen’s background
Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen is educated as a lawyer, and has lived in Norway since 1992. She has a long experience of working with issues of equality and integration. In 1995 she was hired as an advisor in the Integration Department in the UDI, and in 1999 she became manager of The Centre for Combating Ethnic Discrimination
In 2002 Ramin- Osmundsen was employed as Assistant Director in the UDI, and four years later Director General. She chose to step down after the controversial MUF-case in spring 2006.
Ramin-Osmundsen is coming to the Ministry from the position as head of department in Manpower. Before that she was employed by the UD on a project basis, where she worked on issues related to migration.
