OSLO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Norway's Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Soreide has been appointed the country's first female foreign minister, the government said Friday.
Soreide is named to replace Borge Brende, who has accepted the position of president of the World Economic Forum. Soreide's appointment was part of the changes that King of Norway Harald V made in the government in a session of the State Council on Friday, according to a press release of the Prime Minister's Office.
Minister of European Economic Area (EEA) and European Union (EU) Affairs Frank Bakke-Jensen has been appointed minister of defence, but he will continue serve as Norwegian member of the Nordic Council of Ministers, responsible for the coordination of Nordic cooperation affairs.
State Secretary Marit Berger Rosland has been appointed Minister of EEA and EU Affairs in the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
