exile in Bracknell, outside London. Kingston House in London was later used. The government moved back to Norway following the peace in 1945. After the end of World War II, Norway was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations, the latter having Norwegian Trygve Lie as inaugural Secretary-General. Norway was also part of the first slate of non-permanent members to the United Nations Security Council. Organisation The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organised with 110 foreign missions and three subordinate organisations: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec) and the development country investment fund Norfund. The Ministry and foreign missions have a total staff of approx. 2,400. The Political level Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs Henrik Thune, Eivind Vad Petersson (both Labour). State Secretary for International Development Bjørg Sandkjær (Centre Party) Political Advisor Eirin Kristin Kjær (Labour) Secretariat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of the Minister of International Development Foreign Service Control Unit Communication Unit Legal Adviser The Operational level The top public servant is the Secretary General (utenriksråd) with an Assistant Secretary General as substitute (the latter also with a special responsibility for international development issues). The Ministry currently has nine departments, each headed by a Director General (known in Norwegian as ekspedisjonssjef) Department for European Affairs and International Trade Department for Security Policy and the High North Department for Regional Affairs Department for Multilateral Affairs Department for Sustainable Development Department for Culture, Business Relations and Protocol Legal Affairs Department Human and Financial Resources Department Services Department Subsidiaries Norfund Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) Norec See also Foreign relations of Norway List of diplomatic missions in Norway List of diplomatic missions of Norway References External links Official website of the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign relations of Norway Norway Foreign Affairs Ministries established in 1905 1905 establishments in Norway