Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet |
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1{{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px}} | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980) | 18 November 1941 | 17 January 1942 | 1 month, 30 days (60 days) | SDP | Hermann Jónasson IV |
No minister in office between 17 January 1942 and 16 May 1942. |
2{{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) | 16 May 1942 | 16 December 1942 | 7 months (214 days) | IP | Ólafur Thors I |
3{{party colour|Independent|2px}} | Vilhjálmur Þór (1899–1972) | 16 December 1942 | 21 October 1944 | 1 year, 10 months, 5 days (675 days) | N/A | Björn Þórðarson |
(2){{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) | 21 October 1944 | 4 February 1947 | 2 years, 3 months, 14 days (836 days) | IP | Ólafur Thors II |
4 | {{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px|rowspan=3}} | Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) | 4 February 1947 | 11 September 1953 | 6 years, 7 months, 7 days (2,411 days) | IP | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson |
Ólafur Thors III |
Steingrímur Steinþórsson |
5{{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Kristinn Guðmundsson (1897–1982) | 11 September 1953 | 24 July 1956 | 2 years, 10 months, 13 days (1,047 days) | PP | Ólafur Thors IV |
6{{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px}} | Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (1909–1987) | 24 July 1956 | 3 August 1956 | 10 days (10 days) | SDP | Hermann Jónasson V |
7{{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px}} | Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) | 3 August 1956 | 17 October 1956 | 2 months, 14 days (75 days) | SDP |
(6) | {{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px|rowspan=4}} | Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (1909–1987) | 17 October 1956 | 31 August 1965 | 8 years, 10 months, 14 days (3,240 days) | SDP | Hermann Jónasson V |
Emil Jónsson |
Ólafur Thors V |
Bjarni Benediktsson |
(7){{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px}} | Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) | 31 August 1965 | 1 January 1970 | — | SDP | Bjarni Benediktsson |
The Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969, which had been passed by the parliament 28 May 1969, took effect on 1 January 1970. Thus the Cabinet was formally established along with its ministries which had up until then not formally existed separately from the ministers.[2]
Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet |
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(7) | {{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px|rowspan=2}} | Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) | 1 January 1970 | 14 July 1971 | 5 years, 10 months, 14 days (2,143 days) | SDP | Bjarni Benediktsson |
Jóhann Hafstein |
8 | {{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px|rowspan=2}} | Einar Ágústsson (1922–1986) | 14 July 1971 | 1 September 1978 | 7 years, 1 month, 18 days (2,606 days) | PP | Ólafur Jóhannesson I |
Geir Hallgrímsson |
9 | {{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px|rowspan=2}} | Benedikt Gröndal (1924–2010) | 1 September 1978 | 8 February 1980 | 1 year, 5 months, 7 days (525 days) | SDP | Ólafur Jóhannesson II |
Benedikt Gröndal |
10{{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) | 8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 3 years, 3 months, 18 days (1,203 days) | PP | Gunnar Thoroddsen |
11{{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Geir Hallgrímsson (1925–1990) | 26 May 1983 | 24 January 1986 | 2 years, 7 months, 29 days (974 days) | IP | Steingrímur Hermannsson I |
12{{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Matthías Árni Mathiesen (1931–2011) | 24 January 1986 | 8 July 1987 | 1 year, 5 months, 14 days (530 days) | IP |
13{{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 1 year, 2 months, 20 days (448 days) | PP | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
14 | {{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px|rowspan=3}} | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1939–) | 28 September 1988 | 23 April 1995 | 6 years, 6 months, 26 days (2,398 days) | SDP | Steingrímur Hermannsson II |
Steingrímur Hermannsson III |
Davíð Oddsson I |
15 | {{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px|rowspan=3}} | Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015) | 23 April 1995 | 15 September 2004 | 9 years, 4 months, 23 days (3,433 days) | PP | Second cabinet of Davíð Oddsson II |
Davíð Oddsson III |
Davíð Oddsson IV |
16{{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Davíð Oddsson (1948–) | 15 September 2004 | 27 September 2005 | 1 year, 12 days (377 days) | IP | Halldór Ásgrímsson |
17{{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Geir Haarde (1951–) | 27 September 2005 | 15 June 2006 | 8 months, 19 days (261 days) | IP |
18{{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (1950–) | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | 11 months, 9 days (343 days) | PP | Geir Haarde I |
19{{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px}} | Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (1954–) | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | 1 year, 8 months, 8 days (619 days) | SDA | Geir Haarde II |
20 | {{party colour|Social Democratic Alliance|2px|rowspan=2}} | Össur Skarphéðinsson (1953–) | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 111 days (1,572 days) | SDA | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I |
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II |
21{{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (1968–) | 23 May 2013 | 7 April 2016 | 2013|5|23}} ({{Age in days|2013|5|23}} days) | PP | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson |
21{{party colour|Progressive Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (1973–) | 7 April 2016 | 11 January 2017 | 2016|4|7}} ({{Age in days|2016|4|7|2017|1|11}} days) | PP | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
22{{party colour|Independence Party (Iceland)|2px}} | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (1967–) | 11 January 2017 | Incumbent | 2017|1|11}} ({{Age in days|2017|1|11}} days) | IP | Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
1. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.mfa.is/minister/about/|title = About the minister|publisher = Ministry for Foreign Affairs|accessdate = 5 December 2014}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.althingi.is/altext/89/s/pdf/0002.pdf|title = Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands.|work = Legal Code|publisher = Parliament of Iceland|language = Icelandic|trans-title=Bill regarding the Cabinet of Iceland.|accessdate = 13 November 2012}}