Minister of Infrastructure (Iceland)

The Minister of Communications (Template:Lang-is) was a cabinet position which existed between 20 November 1959 and 1 October 2009. The Minister of Communications existed alongside the minister after 1 January 1970 when the Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969 took effect since ministries had not formally existed separately from the ministers.^[1] On 1 October 2009 the position became Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government (Template:Lang-is) and the ministry itself was also renamed accordingly. On 31 December 2010 the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government was merged with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to form the Ministry of the Interior.

List of ministers

Minister of Communications (20 November 1959 – 1 October 2009)

Nº			Took office	Left office	Duration	Party	Cabinet
1	rowspan="2" Template:Ispc \|	Ingólfur Jónsson (1909–1984)	20 November 1959	14 July 1971	11 years, 7 months, 24 days (4,254 days)	IP	Bjarni Benediktsson
1	Jóhann Hafstein	Ingólfur Jónsson (1909–1984)	20 November 1959	14 July 1971	11 years, 7 months, 24 days (4,254 days)	IP
2	Template:Ispc \|	Hannibal Valdimarsson (1903–1991)	14 July 1971	16 July 1973	2 years, 2 days (733 days)	ULL	Ólafur Jóhannesson I
3	Template:Ispc \|	Björn Jónsson (1916–1985)	16 July 1973	6 May 1974	9 months, 20 days (294 days)	ULL
4	Template:Ispc \|	Magnús Torfi Ólafsson (1915–2003)	6 May 1974	28 August 1974	3 months, 22 days (114 days)	ULL
5	Template:Ispc \|	Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson (1915–2003)	28 August 1974	1 September 1978	4 years, 4 days (1,465 days)	PP	Geir Hallgrímsson
6	Template:Ispc \|	Ragnar Arnalds (1938–)	1 September 1978	15 October 1979	1 year, 1 month, 14 days (409 days)	PA	Ólafur Jóhannesson II
7	Template:Ispc \|	Magnús Helgi Magnússon (1922–2006)	15 October 1979	8 February 1980	3 months, 24 days (116 days)	SDP	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal
8	Template:Ispc \|	Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010)	8 February 1980	26 May 1983	3 years, 3 months, 18 days (1,203 days)	PP	Gunnar Thoroddsen
9	Template:Ispc \|	Matthías Bjarnason (1921–)	26 May 1983	8 July 1987	4 years, 1 month, 12 days (1,504 days)	IP	Steingrímur Hermannsson I
10	Template:Ispc \|	Matthías Árni Mathiesen (1931–2011)	8 July 1987	28 September 1988	year, 2 months, 20 days (448 days)	IP	Þorsteinn Pálsson
11	rowspan="2" Template:Ispc \|	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955–)	28 September 1988	30 April 1991	2 years, 7 months, 2 days (944 days)	LGM	Steingrímur Hermannsson II
11	Steingrímur Hermannsson III	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955–)	28 September 1988	30 April 1991	2 years, 7 months, 2 days (944 days)	LGM
12	rowspan="2" Template:Ispc \|	Halldór Blöndal (1938–)	30 April 1991	28 May 1999	8 years, 28 days (2,950 days)	IP	Davíð Oddsson I
12	Davíð Oddsson II	Halldór Blöndal (1938–)	30 April 1991	28 May 1999	8 years, 28 days (2,950 days)	IP
13	rowspan="4" Template:Ispc \|	Sturla Böðvarsson (1945–)	28 May 1999	24 May 2007	7 years, 11 months, 26 days (2,918 days)	IP	Davíð Oddsson III
	Davíð Oddsson IV
	Halldór Ásgrímsson
	Geir Haarde I
14	rowspan="3" Template:Ispc \|	Kristján L. Möller (1953–)	24 May 2007	—	—	SDA	Geir Haarde II
	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II

Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government (1 October 2009 – 31 December 2010)

Nº	Minister			Took office	Left office	Duration	Party	Cabinet
(14)		Template:Ispc \|	Kristján L. Möller (1953–)	—	2 September 2010	3 years, 3 months, 9 days (1,197 days)	SDA	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
15		Template:Ispc \|	Ögmundur Jónasson (1948–)	2 September 2010	31 December 2010	3 months, 29 days (120 days)	LGM	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II

References

^ "Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands" (PDF). Legal Code (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 13 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[1] "Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands" (PDF). Legal Code (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 13 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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