Prime Minister of Iceland
Prime Minister of Iceland | |
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Forsætisráðherra Íslands (Icelandic) | |
Prime Minister's Office | |
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Member of |
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Seat | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Appointer | President |
Term length | No term limit |
Constituting instrument |
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Precursor | Minister for Iceland |
Inaugural holder | Jón Magnússon |
Formation | 1 February 1904 |
Salary | 2,021,825 kr/US$ 14,038 monthly[1] |
Website | eng forsaetisraduneyti |
Iceland portal |
The prime minister of Iceland (
Constitutional basis
The prime minister is appointed by the president under the Constitution of Iceland, Section II Article 17, and chairs the Cabinet of Iceland:
- Fundunum stjórnar sá ráðherra, er forseti lýðveldisins hefur kvatt til forsætis, og nefnist hann forsætisráðherra.[2]
- The [cabinet] meetings shall be presided over by the Minister called upon by the President of the Republic to do so, who is designated Prime Minister.[3]
Locations
The prime minister's office is located in Stjórnarráðið, Reykjavik, where their secretariat is based and where cabinet meetings are held.[4] The prime minister has a summer residence, Þingvallabær in Þingvellir. The prime minister also has a reception house at Tjarnargata, Reykjavik, which was the prime ministerial residence until 1943.[5]
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Stjórnarráðið in Reykjavík, the Prime Minister's Office
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Þingvallabær, the Prime Minister's summer residence
List of previous prime ministers
Home Rule (1904–1918)
Political party: Home Rule Independence Union Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Took office | Left office | Party |
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Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
1 February 1904 | 31 March 1909 | Home Rule Party | ||
Barðastrandarsýsla
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31 March 1909 | 14 March 1911 | Independence Party | ||
Borgarfjarðarsýsla
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14 March 1911 | 24 July 1912 | Independent | ||
Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
24 July 1912 | 21 July 1914 | Union Party | ||
West Skaftafellssýsla
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21 July 1914 | 4 May 1915 | Independence Party | ||
Árnessýsla
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4 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 | Independence Party (Langsum) |
Kingdom (1918–1944)
Political party: Home Rule Independence Conservative Progressive Independent
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political Party | Cabinet | Election | ||||
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# | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||||
1 | Jón Magnússon (1859–1926) MP for Reykjavík until 1920 not in Parliament from 1920 |
1 | 4 January 1917 | 25 February 1920 | 1888 | Home Rule Party | HP–IP–PP | Oct. 1916 | ||
2 | 25 February 1920 | 7 March 1922 | HP–others | 1919 | ||||||
2 | Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945) MP without constituency |
• | 7 March 1922 | 22 March 1924 | 746 | Independence Party | IP–others | |||
1923 | ||||||||||
(1) | Jón Magnússon (1859–1926) MP without constituency |
3 | 22 March 1924 | 23 June 1926 (died) | 823 | Conservative Party | CP | |||
3 | Skagafjarðarsýsla
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23 June 1926 | 8 July 1926 | 15 | Conservative Party | |||||
4 | Jón Þorláksson (1877–1935) MP without constituency |
• | 8 July 1926 | 28 August 1927 | 416 | Conservative Party | CP | |||
5 | Strandasýsla
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• | 28 August 1927 | 3 June 1932 | 1741 | Progressive Party | PP | 1927 | ||
1931 | ||||||||||
6 | West Ísafjarðarsýsla
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• | 3 June 1932 | 28 July 1934 | 785 | Progressive Party | PP–IP–Peasants | |||
1933 | ||||||||||
7 | Strandasýsla
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1 | 28 July 1934 | 2 April 1938 | 2849 | Progressive Party | PP–SDP | 1934 | ||
2 | 2 April 1938 | 17 April 1939 | PP | 1937 | ||||||
3 | 17 April 1939 | 18 November 1941 | PP–IP–SDP | |||||||
4 | 18 November 1941 | 16 May 1942 | PP–IP–SDP | |||||||
8 | Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
1 | 16 May 1942 | 16 December 1942 | 214 | Independence Party | IP | Jul.1942 | ||
Oct.1942 | ||||||||||
9 | Björn Þórðarson (1879–1963) not in Parliament |
• | 16 December 1942 | 21 October 1944 | 675 | Independent | — |
Republic (1944–present)
Political party: Independence Progressive Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Alliance Left-Green
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political Party | Cabinet | Election | President of Republic of Iceland Term of office Political Party | ||||
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# | Took Office | Left Office | Days | ||||||||
(8) | Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
2 | 21 October 1944 | 4 February 1947 | 836 | Independence Party | IP–SDP–SP | 1946 | Sveinn Björnsson 17 June 1944 – 25 January 1952 Independent | ||
10 | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
• | 4 February 1947 | 6 December 1949 | 1036 | Social Democratic Party | SDP–IP–SP | ||||
(8) | Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
3 | 6 December 1949 | 14 March 1950 | 98 | Independence Party | IP | 1949 | |||
11 | Skagafjarðarsýsla
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• | 14 March 1950 | 11 September 1953 | 1277 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||||
(8) | Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
4 | 11 September 1953 | 24 July 1956 | 1035 | Independence Party | IP–PP | 1953 | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson 1 August 1952 – 1 August 1968 Social Democratic Party (Iceland) | ||
(7) | Strandasýsla
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5 | 24 July 1956 | 23 December 1958 | 894 | Progressive Party | Alliance PP–SDP–PA |
1956 | |||
12 | Guðmundur Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) MP for Hafnarfjörður |
• | 23 December 1958 | 20 November 1959 | 332 | Social Democratic Party | SDP | Jun.1959 | |||
(8) | Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
5 | 20 November 1959 | 8 September 1961 | 658 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | Oct.1959 | |||
13 | Bjarni Benediktsson Acting (1908–1970) MP for Reykjavík |
8 September 1961 | 31 December 1961 | 114 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | |||||
(8) | Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
1 January 1962 | 14 November 1963 | 682 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | |||||
(13) | Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 14 November 1963 | 10 July 1970 (died) | 2430 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | 1963 | |||
1967 | Kristján Eldjárn 1 August 1968 – 1 August 1980 Independent | ||||||||||
14 | Jóhann Hafstein (1915–1980) MP for Reykjavík |
• | (Acting: 10 July 1970) 10 October 1970 |
14 July 1971 | 369 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | ||||
15 | Northwestern
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1 | 14 July 1971 | 28 August 1974 | 1141 | Progressive Party | PP–PA–LL | 1971 | |||
16 | Geir Hallgrímsson (1925–1990) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 28 August 1974 | 1 September 1978 | 1465 | Independence Party | IP–PP | 1974 | |||
(15) | Northwestern
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2 | 1 September 1978 | 15 October 1979 | 409 | Progressive Party | PP–PA | 1978 | |||
17 | Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924–2010) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 15 October 1979 | 8 February 1980 | 116 | Social Democratic Party | SDP | 1979 | |||
18 | Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910–1983) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 1203 | Independence Party (*Gunnar's faction) |
IP*–PP–PA | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1 August 1980 – 1 August 1996 Independent | |||
19 | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) MP for Westfjords |
1 | 26 May 1983 | 8 July 1987 | 1504 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 1983 | |||
20 | Southern
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• | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 448 | Independence Party | IP–PP–SDP | 1987 | |||
(19) | Reykjanes
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2 | 28 September 1988 | 10 September 1989 | 944 | Progressive Party | PP–SDP–PA | ||||
3 | 10 September 1989 | 30 April 1991 | CiP
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21 | Davíð Oddsson (born 1948) MP for Reykjavík until 2003 MP for Reykjavík North from 2003 |
1 | 30 April 1991 | 23 April 1995 | 4887 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | 1991 | |||
2 | 23 April 1995 | 28 May 1999 | IP–PP | 1995 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson 1 August 1996 – 1 August 2016 Independent | ||||||
3 | 28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | IP–PP | 1999 | |||||||
4 | 23 May 2003 | 15 September 2004 | IP–PP | 2003 | |||||||
22 | Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015) MP for Reykjavík North |
• | 15 September 2004 | 15 June 2006 | 638 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||||
23 | Geir Hilmar Haarde (born 1951) MP for Reykjavík South |
1 | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | 962 | Independence Party | IP–PP | ||||
2 | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | IP–SDA | 2007 | |||||||
24 | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (born 1942) MP for Reykjavík North |
1 | 1 February 2009 | 10 May 2009 | 1572 | Social Democratic Alliance | SDA–LGM | ||||
2 | 10 May 2009 | 23 May 2013 | SDA–LGM | 2009 | |||||||
25 | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (born 1975) MP for Northeast |
• | 23 May 2013 | 7 April 2016 | 1049 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 2013 | |||
26 | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (born 1962) MP for South |
• | 7 April 2016 | 11 January 2017 | 280 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson 1 August 2016– Independent | |||
27 | Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) MP for Southwest |
1 | 11 January 2017 | 30 November 2017 | 323 | Independence Party | RP–BF
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2016 | |||
28 | Katrín Jakobsdóttir (born 1976) MP for Reykjavík North |
1 | 30 November 2017 | 28 November 2021 | 2347 | Left-Green Movement | LGM–IP–PP | 2017 | |||
2 | 28 November 2021 | 9 April 2024 | LGM–IP–PP | 2021 | |||||||
(27) | Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) MP for Southwest |
2 | 9 April 2024 | Incumbent | 25 | Independence Party | IP–LGM–PP |
Timeline
See also
References
- ^ "2016.3.001 Alþingismenn, ráðherrar og forseti Íslands" [2016.3.001 Parliamentarians, Ministers and President of Iceland] (PDF). Kjararáð (in Icelandic). p. 7.
- ^ Constitution of Iceland (Icelandic version)
- ^ Constitution of Iceland (English version)
- ^ "The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Iceland". Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Minister's Residence". Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 28 October 2015.