Until 1 January 2012 the post was named the Minister of Justice and the Police.
The post was established in 2015 in response to the 2015 European migrant crisis, and was abolished in 2018.
Sylvi Listhaug was the first and only person to hold the post, and was promoted to Minister of Justice when the position was abolished in 2018.
[3] Key Progress Party The Minister of Public Security was a post established in 2019 after the Christian Democrats joined the Solberg Cabinet.
The post was primarily responsible for issues related to public security.