section_path: First career in Norwegian politics (1990 – 2013)/Ministry for Environment and Minister for Trade and Energy (1990–1996)
section_name: Ministry for Environment and Minister for Trade and Energy (1990–1996)
paragraph_text: Ministry for Environment and Minister for Trade and Energy (1990–1996)
  
  Stoltenberg was State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment from 1990 to 1991. He was first elected to Parliament in 1993 for the Oslo constituency, and is a member of the Labour Party. He was the Minister of Industry from 1993 to 1996, until Brundtland resigned.