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Cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir

45th Cabinet of Iceland
Date formed30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)
People and organisations
Head of stateGuðni Th. Jóhannesson
Head of governmentKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Member parties
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Alliance (S)
Centre Party (M)
Pirate Party (P)
People's Party (F)
Reform Party (C)
History
Election2017 parliamentary election
PredecessorBjarni Benediktsson

The Cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir was formed on 30 November 2017, following the 2017 parliamentary election. The cabinet is led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement, who serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The cabinet is a coalition government consisting the Independence Party, the Left-Green Movement and the Progressive party.[1] Together they hold 33 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland and serve as a majority government. In the cabinet, there are eleven ministers where five are from the Independence Party, three are from the Left-Green Movement and three are from the Progressive Party.[2] After the election in 2017 the parties had 35 seats in the parliament, but since then two MPs have left the Left-Green Movement.[3][4]

Cabinet

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Cabinet member Minister Ministry Party
Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime Minister Prime Minister's Office V
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs D
Bjarni Benediktsson Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs D
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Minister of Transport and Local Government Ministry of Transport and Local Government B
Sigríður Á. Andersen
(until 14 March 2019)[5] 		Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice D
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (interim)[5] D
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir
(from 15 September 2019) 		D
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation Ministry of Industries and Innovation D
Kristján Þór Júlíusson Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture D
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources V
Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir Minister of Education, Science and Culture Ministry of Education, Science and Culture B
Ásmundur Einar Daðason Minister of Social Affairs and Equality Ministry of Welfare B
Svandís Svavarsdóttir Minister of Health V

See also

References

  1. ^ Hardarson, Ólafur Th; Kristinsson, Gunnar Helgi (2020). "Iceland: Political Developments and Data in 2019". European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook. doi:10.1111/2047-8852.12275. ISSN 2047-8852.
  2. ^ https://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/news-and-articles/new-icelandic-government-takes-office
  3. ^ "Andrés Ingi segir sig úr þingflokki VG". mbl.is. 2019-11-27.
  4. ^ "Rósa Björk kveður Vinstri-græna". mbl.is. 2020-09-17.
  5. ^ a b "Mannréttindadómstóll Evrópu dæmir íslenska ríkið brotlegt í Landsréttarmálinu". Stundin. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
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