Cabinet of Iceland

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The Cabinet of Iceland (Icelandic: Stjórnarráð Íslands) is the collective decision-making body of the government of Iceland, composed of the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers.

History

The Cabinet of Iceland is considered to have been formed 1 February 1904 when home rule was expanded in Iceland and Hannes Hafstein became the first Icelander to hold the position of Minister for Iceland in the Cabinet of Denmark (Cabinet of Deuntzer). A constitutional amendment, confirmed on 3 October 1903, stated that the Minister for Iceland had to be a resident of Reykjavík and be able to read and write Icelandic. The Minister for Iceland therefore belonged to both the Danish Cabinet and the newly created Icelandic Cabinet but was only answerable to the Icelandic Parliament. Executive power was thus transferred to Iceland with the creation of the Icelandic Cabinet (the executive branch of the government). In the beginning, there were no cabinet ministers nor ministries (aside from the Minister for Iceland) that formed the Cabinet but instead the Cabinet was divided into three offices. The offices were called first, second and third office. The first office was responsible for court, school and church affairs, the second for employment, transport and postal affairs and the third for finance. The Minister for Iceland was the most supreme officeholder in the Cabinet, but each office was headed by an Office Manager and a National Secretary supervised the three managers. The position of Minister for Iceland in the Danish and Icelandic cabinet was discontinued 30 November 1918 as the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union was signed 1 December 1918 by Denmark and Iceland. The agreement made Iceland a sovereign state – the Kingdom of Iceland – joined with Denmark in a personal union with the Danish king as the head of state of both kingdoms. The Minister for Iceland at the time of the signing of the agreement, Jón Magnússon, became the first Prime Minister of Iceland.

Current cabinet

The current cabinet (in office since 28 November 2021), consists of the following ministers:

MinisterMinistrySinceIncumbentPartyImage
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's Office
28 November 2021Katrín JakobsdóttirLG
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
28 November 2021Bjarni BenediktssonIP
Minister of Infrastructure
Ministry of Infrastructure
28 November 2021Sigurður Ingi JóhannssonPP
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture
28 November 2021Svandís SvavarsdóttirLG
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate
Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate
28 November 2021Guðlaugur Þór ÞórðarsonIP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
28 November 2021Þórdís Kolbrún R. GylfadóttirIP
Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture
Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Culture
28 November 2021Lilja Dögg AlfreðsdóttirPP
Minister of Education and Children's Affairs
Ministry of Education and Children's Affairs
28 November 2021Ásmundur Einar DaðasonPP
Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour Market
Ministry of Social Affairs and the Labour Market
28 November 2021Guðmundur Ingi GuðbrandssonLG
Minister of Science, Industry and Innovation
Ministry of Science, Industry and Innovation
28 November 2021Áslaug Arna SigurbjörnsdóttirIP
Minister of the Justice
Ministry of the Justice
1 February 2022Jón GunnarssonIP
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
28 November 2021Willum Þór ÞórssonPP

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Text taken from Wikipedia - Cabinet of Iceland under the CC-BY-SA-3.0 on April 13, 2023

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