Since the election in 2023, Lubna Jaffery has sat in the Storting, as a member of the control and constitution committee. There she is a permanent deputy representative for the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Marte Mjøs Persen. Jaffery is a former labor city councilor in Bergen, where she was also acting city council leader. She has also been State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture from 2009–2012. The 43-year-old was appointed by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) after Anette Trettebergstuen had to resign as a result of a breach of the integrity rules last Friday. Trettebergstuen was formally dismissed in grace by the King in the Cabinet on Wednesday. Violation of the integrity rules The reason for Trettebergstuen’s resignation was a breach of the integrity rules as a minister. This by appointing and proposing several friends for board positions. The dramatic decision to resign was made after talks between Trettebergstuen and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Thursday. The fact that the case only appeared now is due to the attention that the Brenna case has generated, both in the press and within the government. On Friday, Støre was to summarize the half year at the traditional conference in the garden of the government’s representative residence. Instead, he had to comment on another cabinet resignation. – It was the right decision. She has broken the rules of competence and shown a lack of knowledge of the rules, said Støre.
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Lubna Jaffery is the new Minister of Culture and Equality – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
