Cabinet of Iceland

Collective decision-making body of the Icelandic government

The Cabinet of Iceland and the Prime Minister's Office in Reykjavík.

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* Halla Tómasdóttir (I)

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* Bjarni Benediktsson (D)

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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

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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).[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party

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Prime Minister|

Bjarni Benediktsson

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Independence
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs|

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Progressive
Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour Market|

Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Left-Green
Minister of Infrastructure|

Svandís Svavarsdóttir

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Left-Green
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate|

Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Independence
Minister for Foreign Affairs|

Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Independence
Minister of Culture and Business Affairs|

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Progressive
Minister of Education and Children|

Ásmundur Einar Daðason

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Progressive
Minister of Higher Education, Science And Innovation|

Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Independence
Minister of Health|

Willum Þór Þórsson

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Progressive
Minister of Justice|

Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Independence
Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture|

Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir

| 9 April 2024| Incumbent|  | Left-Green

## See also

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* List of cabinets of Iceland

## References

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1. ^ Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson (2001). "Forsætisráðuneyti - sögulegt ágrip" [Prime Minister's Office - historical overview] (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. "Þegar heimastjórn var komið á fót hér á landi árið 1904 var stofnað embætti ráðherra Íslands, og var hann æðsti yfirmaður Stjórnarráðs Íslands."
2. ^ Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson (2001). "Forsætisráðuneyti - sögulegt ágrip" [Prime Minister's Office - historical overview] (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. "Stjórnarráðinu var skipt í þrjár skrifstofur sem gengu undir nöfnunum fyrsta, önnur og þriðja skrifstofa. Fyrstu skrifstofu var ætlað að sjá um dóms-, skóla- og kirkjumál, önnur skyldi sjá um atvinnumál, samgöngumál og póstmál en hin þriðja fjármál."
3. ^ Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson (2001). "Forsætisráðuneyti - sögulegt ágrip" [Prime Minister's Office - historical overview] (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. "Skrifstofustjóri var yfir hverri skrifstofu en landritari var yfirmaður þeirra. Allir lutu þeir svo ráðherra Íslands."

## External links

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* Jón Magnússon II (1920–22)
* Sigurður Eggerz (1922–24)
* Jón Magnússon III (1924–26)
* Jón Þorláksson (1926–27)
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