Cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir

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.

Cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir
45th Cabinet of Iceland
Date formed	30 November 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Head of government	Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Member parties	Independence Party (D) Left-Green Movement (V) Progressive Party (B)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Alliance (S) Centre Party (M) Pirate Party (P) People's Party (F) Reform Party (C)
History
Election(s)	2017 parliamentary election
Predecessor	Bjarni Benediktsson

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

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

• Government of Iceland
• Cabinet of Iceland

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. "Mannréttindadómstóll Evrópu dæmir íslenska ríkið brotlegt í Landsréttarmálinu". Stundin. Retrieved 2019-03-18.