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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (''Utenriksdepartementet'') 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 Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of International Development Erik Solheim . They have been cabinet ministers in the Red-green Coalition government headed by prime minister Jens Stoltenberg since October 17, 2005. 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 secretariat for each minister. Three state secretaries assist the minister of foreign affairs at the political level while one state secretary assist the minister for international development. The top public servant is the Secretary General (utenriksråd) with three assistant secretary generals. Each of the ten departments are headed by a director general (ekspedisjonssjef):
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