List of cabinets of Iceland

This is a list of cabinets of Iceland.

List

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)

Nº Cabinet
(Nickname) 		Took office Left office Duration Coalition parties Number of King
ministers ministries
1 Jón Magnússon I 4 January 1917 25 February 1920 3 years, 1 month, 21 days
(1,147 days) 		HRP—IP þversum—PP N/A 0 Christian X
2 Jón Magnússon II 25 February 1920 7 March 1922 2 years, 10 days
(741 days) 		HRP—independents N/A
3 Sigurður Eggerz 7 March 1922 22 March 1924 2 years, 15 days
(746 days) 		IP—PP—independents N/A
4 Jón Magnússon III 22 March 1924 8 July 1926 2 years, 3 months, 16 days
(838 days) 		CP N/A
5 Jón Þorláksson 8 July 1926 28 August 1927 1 year, 1 month, 20 days
(416 days) 		CP N/A
6 Tryggvi Þórhallsson 28 August 1927 3 June 1932 4 years, 9 months, 6 days
(1,741 days) 		PP N/A
7 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson 3 June 1932 28 July 1934 2 years, 1 month, 25 days
(785 days) 		PP—IP N/A
8 Hermann Jónasson I 28 July 1934 2 April 1938 3 years, 8 months, 5 days
(1,344 days) 		PP—SDP N/A
9 Hermann Jónasson II 2 April 1938 17 April 1939 1 year, 15 days
(380 days) 		PP N/A
10 Hermann Jónasson III 17 April 1939 18 November 1941 2 years, 7 months, 1 day
(946 days) 		national unity government
PP—IP—SDP 		N/A
11 Hermann Jónasson IV 18 November 1941 16 May 1942 5 months, 28 days
(179 days) 		PP—IP—SDP N/A
12 Ólafur Thors I 16 May 1942 16 December 1942 7 months
(214 days) 		IP N/A
13 Björn Þórðarson
(The "Coca-Cola" Administration)[1] 		16 December 1942 21 October 1944 1 year, 10 months, 5 days
(675 days) 		Ministers from outside the Althing, appointed by the regent N/A

Republic of Iceland (1944–present)

Nº Cabinet
(Nickname) 		Took office Left office Duration Coalition parties Number of President
ministers ministries
14 Ólafur Thors II
(The Innovation Administration)[2] 		21 October 1944 4 February 1947 2 years, 3 months, 14 days
(836 days) 		IP—SP—SDP N/A 0 Sveinn Björnsson
15 Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson 4 February 1947 6 December 1949 2 years, 10 months, 2 days
(1,036 days) 		SDP—IP—PP N/A
16 Ólafur Thors III 6 December 1949 14 March 1950 3 months, 8 days
(98 days) 		IP N/A
17 Steingrímur Steinþórsson 14 March 1950 11 September 1953 3 years, 5 months, 28 days
(1,277 days) 		PP—IP N/A Sveinn Björnsson
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
18 Ólafur Thors IV 11 September 1953 24 July 1956 3 years, 13 days
(1,109 days) 		IP—PP N/A Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
19 Hermann Jónasson V 24 July 1956 23 December 1958 2 years, 4 months, 29 days
(882 days) 		PP—PA—SDP N/A Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
Kristján Eldjárn
20 Emil Jónsson 23 December 1958 20 November 1959 10 months, 28 days
(332 days) 		SDP N/A Kristján Eldjárn
21 Ólafur Thors V
(The Reconstruction Administration)[3] 		20 November 1959 14 November 1963 3 years, 11 months, 25 days
(1,455 days) 		IP—SDP N/A
22 Bjarni Benediktsson the Elder 14 November 1963 10 July 1970 6 years, 7 months, 26 days
(2,430 days) 		IP—SDP N/A 13
23 Jóhann Hafstein 10 July 1970 14 July 1971 1 year, 4 days
(369 days) 		IP—SDP 6–7
24 Ólafur Jóhannesson I 14 July 1971 28 August 1974 3 years, 1 month, 14 days
(1,141 days) 		PP—PA—ULL 6–7
25 Geir Hallgrímsson 28 August 1974 1 September 1978 4 years, 4 days
(1,465 days) 		IP—PP 8
26 Ólafur Jóhannesson II 1 September 1978 15 October 1979 1 year, 1 month, 14 days
(409 days) 		PP—PA—SDP 9
27 Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal 15 October 1979 8 February 1980 3 months, 24 days
(116 days) 		SDP 6
28 Gunnar Thoroddsen 8 February 1980 26 May 1983 3 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1,203 days) 		IP—PP—PA 10 Kristján Eldjárn
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
29 Steingrímur Hermannsson I 26 May 1983 8 July 1987 4 years, 1 month, 12 days
(1,504 days) 		PP—IP 9–10 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
30 Þorsteinn Pálsson 8 July 1987 28 September 1988 1 year, 2 months, 20 days
(448 days) 		IP—PP—SDP 11
31 Steingrímur Hermannsson II 28 September 1988 10 September 1989 11 months, 13 days
(347 days) 		PP—SDP—PA 9
32 Steingrímur Hermannsson III 10 September 1989 30 April 1991 1 year, 7 months, 20 days
(597 days) 		PP—SDP—PA—CP 11 13–14
33 Davíð Oddsson I
(The Viðey Administration) 		30 April 1991 23 April 1995 3 years, 11 months, 24 days
(1,454 days) 		IP—SDP 9–10 14
34 Davíð Oddsson II 23 April 1995 28 May 1999 4 years, 1 month, 5 days
(1,496 days) 		IP—PP 8–10 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
35 Davíð Oddsson III 28 May 1999 23 May 2003 3 years, 11 months, 25 days
(1,456 days) 		IP—PP 12 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
36 Davíð Oddsson IV 23 May 2003 15 September 2004 1 year, 3 months, 23 days
(481 days) 		IP—PP 12
37 Halldór Ásgrímsson 15 September 2004 15 June 2006 1 year, 9 months
(638 days) 		PP—IP 12
38 Geir Haarde I 15 June 2006 24 May 2007 11 months, 9 days
(343 days) 		IP—PP 12
39 Geir Haarde II 24 May 2007 1 February 2009 1 year, 8 months, 8 days
(619 days) 		IP—SDA 12 12–14
40 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I 1 February 2009 10 May 2009 3 months, 9 days
(98 days) 		SDA—LGM—independents 10 12
41 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II 10 May 2009 23 May 2013 4 years, 13 days
(1474 days) 		SDA—LGM—independents 8–12 8–12
42 Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 23 May 2013 7 April 2016 2 years, 10 months, 15 days
(1,050 days) 		PP—IP 9–10 10
43 Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 7 April 2016 11 January 2017 9 months and 4 days
(279 days) 		PP—IP 10
44 Bjarni Benediktsson the Younger I 11 January 2017 15 September 2017 8 months, 1 day
(245 days) 		IP—RP—BF 10 10 Guðni Th. Jóhannesson

Halla Tómasdóttir

45 Katrín Jakobsdóttir I 30 November 2017 28 November 2021 3 years, 11 months and 29 days
(1,459 days) 		LGM—IP—PP 11 9
46 Katrín Jakobsdóttir II 28 November 2021 9 April 2024 2 years, 4 months and 10 days
(861 days) 		LGM—IP—PP 12 12
47 Bjarni Benediktsson the Younger II 9 April 2024 21 December 2024 8 months, 12 days
(260 days) 		IP—PP—LGM
48 Kristrún Frostadóttir 21 December 2024 incumbent incumbent S—C—F 11 11 Halla Tómasdóttir

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ráðuneyti Björns Þórðarsonar" [Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi utanflokkastjórn var við völd við lýðveldistökuna 17.06.1944, og var í daglegu tali kölluð "Coca Cola"-stjórnin, en í henni voru eigendur verksmiðjunnar, Vilhjálmur Þór og Björn Ólafsson.
  2. ^ "Annað ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Second cabinet of Ólafs Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi ríkisstjórn var gjarnan nefnd Nýsköpunarstjórnin.
  3. ^ "Fimmta ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi tveggja flokka ríkisstjórn var löngum nefnd „Viðreisnarstjórn", og kjörtímabilið og tvö þau næstu þar á eftir „Viðreisnartímabil".