Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson (2017)
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Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson | |
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| 44th Cabinet of Iceland | |
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| Date formed | 11 January 2017 |
| Date dissolved | 15 September 2017 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Guðni Th. Jóhannesson |
| Head of government | Bjarni Benediktsson |
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| History | |
| Election(s) | 2016 parliamentary election |
| Predecessor | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| Successor | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
The Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson was formed on 11 January 2017, following the 2016 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Bjarni Benediktsson of the Independence Party, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.
The cabinet was a coalition government consisting the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future. Together they held 32 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland and served as a majority government. In the cabinet, there were eleven ministers where six were from the Independence Party, three were from the Reform Party and two were from Bright Future.[1]