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Prime Minister of Iceland

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The prime minister of Iceland (Icelandic: [Forsætisráðherra Íslands] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president.

Prime Minister of Iceland
Forsætisráðherra Íslands  (Icelandic)
125px
Coat of arms of Iceland
Prime Minister's Office
Style
Member of
SeatReykjavík, Iceland
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo term limit
Constituting instrument
PrecursorMinister for Iceland
Inaugural holderJón Magnússon
Formation1 February 1904; 121 years ago (1904-02-01)
Salary2,021,825 kr/US$ 14,038 monthly[1]
Websiteeng.forsaetisraduneyti.is (in English)
forsaetisraduneyti.is (in Icelandic)

List of previous prime ministers

Home Rule (1904–1918)

See also: Minister for Iceland

Political party:       Home Rule       Independence       Union       Independent

No Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency 		Took office Left office Party
70px Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein
(1861–1922)
MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla 		1 February 1904 31 March 1909 Home Rule Party
70px Björn Jónsson
(1846–1912)
MP for Barðastrandarsýsla 		31 March 1909 14 March 1911 Independence Party
70px Kristján Jónsson
(1852–1926)
MP for Borgarfjarðarsýsla 		14 March 1911 24 July 1912 Independent
70px Hannes Hafstein
(1861–1922)
MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla 		24 July 1912 21 July 1914 Union Party
File:Sigurður Eggerz.jpg Sigurður Eggerz
(1875–1945)
MP for West Skaftafellssýsla 		21 July 1914 4 May 1915 Independence Party
70px Einar Arnórsson
(1880–1955)
MP for Árnessýsla 		4 May 1915 4 January 1917 Independence Party
(Langsum)

Kingdom (1918–1944)

Further information: Kingdom of Iceland

Political party:       Home Rule       Independence       Conservative <span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found.; color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found.;">      Progressive       Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political Party Cabinet Election
# Took Office Left Office Days
1 70px 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 File:Sigurður Eggerz.jpg Sigurður Eggerz
(1875–1945)
MP without constituency 		• 7 March 1922 22 March 1924 746 Independence Party IP–others
1923
(1) 70px Jón Magnússon
(1859–1926)
MP without constituency 		3 22 March 1924 23 June 1926 (died) 823 Conservative Party CP
3 File:Magnús Guðmundsson.jpg Magnús Guðmundsson
Acting
(1879–1937)
MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla 		23 June 1926 8 July 1926 15 Conservative Party
4 70px Jón Þorláksson
(1877–1935)
MP without constituency 		• 8 July 1926 28 August 1927 416 Conservative Party CP
5 70px Tryggvi Þórhallsson
(1889–1935)
MP for Strandasýsla 		• 28 August 1927 3 June 1932 1741 Progressive Party PP 1927
1931
6 70px Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
(1894–1972)
MP for West Ísafjarðarsýsla 		• 3 June 1932 28 July 1934 785 Progressive Party PP–IP–Peasants
1933
7 70px Hermann Jónasson
(1896–1976)
MP for Strandasýsla 		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 70px 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 70px Björn Þórðarson
(1879–1963)
not in Parliament 		• 16 December 1942 21 October 1944 675 Independent —

Republic (1944–present)

Further information: 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum

Political party:       Independence <span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found.; color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found.;">      Progressive       Social Democratic Party       Social Democratic Alliance       Left-Green

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political Party Cabinet Election President
(term)
# Took Office Left Office Days
(12) 95x95px Ólafur Thors
(1892–1964)
MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla 		2 21 October
1944 		4 February
1947 		836 Independence Party IP–SDP–SP 1946 Sveinn
Björnsson
70px
(1944–1952)
14 102x102px Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
(1894–1980)
MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla 		1 4 February
1947 		6 December
1949 		1036 Social Democratic Party
(12) 95x95px Ólafur Thors
(1892–1964)
MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla 		3 6 December
1949 		14 March
1950 		98 Independence Party IP 1949
15 File:Steingrímur Steinþórsson.jpg Steingrímur Steinþórsson
(1893–1966)
MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla 		1 14 March
1950 		11 September
1953 		1277 Progressive Party PP–IP
(12) 95x95px Ólafur Thors
(1892–1964)
MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla 		4 11 September
1953 		24 July
1956 		1035 Independence Party 1953 Ásgeir
Ásgeirsson
99x99px
(1952–1968)
(11) 70px Hermann Jónasson
(1896–1976)
MP for Strandasýsla 		5 24 July
1956 		23 December
1958 		894 Progressive Party PP–SDP–PA 1956
16 70px Emil Jónsson
(1902–1986)
MP for Hafnarfjörður 		1 23 December
1958 		20 November
1959 		332 Social Democratic Party SDP Jun.
1959
(12) 95x95px Ólafur Thors
(1892–1964)
MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla 		5 20 November
1959 		8 September
1961 		658 Independence Party IP–SDP Oct.
1959
17 70px Bjarni Benediktsson
Acting
(1908–1970)
MP for Reykjavík 		8 September
1961 		31 December
1961 		114 Independence Party
(12) 95x95px Ólafur Thors
(1892–1964)
MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla 		1 January
1962 		14 November
1963 		682 Independence Party
(17) 70px Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970)
MP for Reykjavík 		1 14 November
1963 		10 July
1970
(died) 		2430 Independence Party 1963
1967 Kristján
Eldjárn
70px
(1968–1980)
18 70px Jóhann Hafstein
(1915–1980)
MP for Reykjavík 		1 Acting: 10 July
10 October
1970 		14 July
1971 		369 Independence Party
19 Ólafur Jóhannesson
(1913–1984)
MP for Northwestern 		1 14 July
1971 		28 August
1974 		1141 Progressive Party PP–PA–LL 1971
20 93x93px Geir Hallgrímsson
(1925–1990)
MP for Reykjavík 		1 28 August
1974 		1 September
1978 		1465 Independence Party IP–PP 1974
(19) Ólafur Jóhannesson
(1913–1984)
MP for Northwestern 		2 1 September
1978 		15 October
1979 		409 Progressive Party PP–PA 1978
21 Benedikt Gröndal
(1924–2010)
MP for Reykjavík 		1 15 October
1979 		8 February
1980 		116 Social Democratic Party SDP 1979
22 Gunnar Thoroddsen
(1910–1983)
MP for Reykjavík 		1 8 February
1980 		26 May
1983 		1203 Independence Party
(*Gunnar's faction) 		IP*–PP–PA Vigdís
Finnbogadóttir
70px
(1980–1996)
23 File:Visit of Steingrimur Hermannsson, Icelandic Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg Steingrímur Hermannsson
(1928–2010)
MP for Westfjords 		1 26 May
1983 		8 July
1987 		1504 Progressive Party PP–IP 1983
24 70px Þorsteinn Pálsson
(born 1947)
MP for Southern 		1 8 July
1987 		28 September
1988 		448 Independence Party IP–PP–SDP 1987
(23) File:Visit of Steingrimur Hermannsson, Icelandic Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg Steingrímur Hermannsson
(1928–2010)
MP for Reykjanes 		2 28 September
1988 		30 April
1991 		944 Progressive Party PP–SDP–PA
3 PP–SDP–PA–CiP
25 115x115px Davíð Oddsson
(born 1948)
MP for Reykjavík until 2003
MP for Reykjavík North from 2003 		1 30 April
1991 		15 September
2004 		4887 Independence Party IP–SDP 1991
2 IP–PP 1995 Ólafur
Ragnar
Grímsson
File:Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, September 2011 (cropped).jpeg
(1996–2016)
3 1999
4 2003
26 105x105px Halldór Ásgrímsson
(1947–2015)
MP for Reykjavík North 		1 15 September
2004 		15 June
2006 		638 Progressive Party
27 70px Geir Haarde
(born 1951)
MP for Reykjavík South 		1 15 June
2006 		1 February
2009 		962 Independence Party
2 IP–SDA 2007
28 93x93px Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
(born 1942)
MP for Reykjavík North 		1 1 February
2009 		23 May
2013 		1572 Social Democratic Alliance SDA–LGM
2 2009
29 97x97px Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
(born 1975)
MP for Northeast 		1 23 May
2013 		7 April
2016 		1049 Progressive Party PP–IP 2013
30 97x97px Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
(born 1962)
MP for South 		1 7 April
2016 		11 January
2017 		280 Progressive Party Guðni
Thorlacius
Jóhannesson
70px
(2016–2024)
31 97x97px Bjarni Benediktsson
(born 1970)
MP for Southwest 		1 11 January
2017 		30 November
2017 		323 Independence Party IP–RP–BF 2016
32 97x97px Katrín Jakobsdóttir
(born 1976)
MP for Reykjavík North 		1 30 November
2017 		9 April
2024 		2322 Left-Green Movement LGM–IP–PP 2017
2 2021
(31) 97x97px Bjarni Benediktsson
(born 1970)
MP for Southwest 		2 9 April
2024 		21 December
2024 		256 Independence Party Halla
Tómasdóttir
81x81px
(2024–present)
33 97x97px Kristrún Frostadóttir
(born 1988)
MP for Reykjavík South 		1 21 December
2024 		Incumbent 387 Social Democratic Alliance SDA–RP–PP 2024

Prime Minister Of Iceland Media

  • Hannes Hafstein fyrsti ráðherra Íslands

  • Björn Jónsson.jpg

    Björn Jónsson ráðherra Íslands

  • Hannes Hafstein fyrsti ráðherra Íslands

  • Christian X of Denmark circa 1915.jpg

    Christian X of Denmark circa 1915

References

  1. ↑ "2016.3.001 Alþingismenn, ráðherrar og forseti Íslands" [2016.3.001 Parliamentarians, Ministers and President of Iceland] (PDF). Kjararáð (in íslenska). p. 7.



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