Prime Minister of Iceland
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) | |
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| Seat | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | No term limit |
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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 |
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 | |
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Björn Jónsson (1846–1912) MP for Barðastrandarsýsla |
31 March 1909 | 14 March 1911 | Independence Party | |
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Kristján Jónsson (1852–1926) MP for Borgarfjarðarsýsla |
14 March 1911 | 24 July 1912 | Independent | |
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Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
24 July 1912 | 21 July 1914 | Union Party | |
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Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945) MP for West Skaftafellssýsla |
21 July 1914 | 4 May 1915 | Independence Party | |
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Einar Arnórsson (1880–1955) MP for Árnessýsla |
4 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 | Independence Party (Langsum) |
Kingdom (1918–1944)
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 | ||||
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| # | Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||||
| 1 | 
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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 |
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Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945) MP without constituency |
• | 7 March 1922 | 22 March 1924 | 746 | Independence Party | IP–others | ||
| 1923 | ||||||||||
| (1) |
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Jón Magnússon (1859–1926) MP without constituency |
3 | 22 March 1924 | 23 June 1926 (died) | 823 | Conservative Party | CP | ||
| 3 | 
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Magnús Guðmundsson Acting (1879–1937) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla |
23 June 1926 | 8 July 1926 | 15 | Conservative Party | ||||
| 4 | 
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Jón Þorláksson (1877–1935) MP without constituency |
• | 8 July 1926 | 28 August 1927 | 416 | Conservative Party | CP | ||
| 5 | 
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Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889–1935) MP for Strandasýsla |
• | 28 August 1927 | 3 June 1932 | 1741 | Progressive Party | PP | 1927 | |
| 1931 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 
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Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894–1972) MP for West Ísafjarðarsýsla |
• | 3 June 1932 | 28 July 1934 | 785 | Progressive Party | PP–IP–Peasants | ||
| 1933 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 
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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 | 
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Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
1 | 16 May 1942 | 16 December 1942 | 214 | Independence Party | IP | Jul.1942 | |
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| 9 | 
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Björn Þórðarson (1879–1963) not in Parliament |
• | 16 December 1942 | 21 October 1944 | 675 | Independent | — | ||
Republic (1944–present)
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) | ||||
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| # | Took Office | Left Office | Days | ||||||||
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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  (1944–1952) | |
| 14 | 
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Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
1 | 4 February 1947 |
6 December 1949 |
1036 | Social Democratic Party | ||||
| (12) |
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Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
3 | 6 December 1949 |
14 March 1950 |
98 | Independence Party | IP | 1949 | ||
| 15 | 
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Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893–1966) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla |
1 | 14 March 1950 |
11 September 1953 |
1277 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | |||
| (12) |
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Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
4 | 11 September 1953 |
24 July 1956 |
1035 | Independence Party | 1953 | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson _(cropped).jpg) (1952–1968) | ||
| (11) | 
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Hermann Jónasson (1896–1976) MP for Strandasýsla |
5 | 24 July 1956 |
23 December 1958 |
894 | Progressive Party | PP–SDP–PA | 1956 | ||
| 16 | 
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Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) MP for Hafnarfjörður |
1 | 23 December 1958 |
20 November 1959 |
332 | Social Democratic Party | SDP | Jun. 1959 | ||
| (12) |
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Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
5 | 20 November 1959 |
8 September 1961 |
658 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | Oct. 1959 | ||
| 17 | 
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Bjarni Benediktsson Acting (1908–1970) MP for Reykjavík |
8 September 1961 |
31 December 1961 |
114 | Independence Party | |||||
| (12) |
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Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
1 January 1962 |
14 November 1963 |
682 | Independence Party | |||||
| (17) |
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Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) MP for Reykjavík |
1 | 14 November 1963 |
10 July 1970 (died) |
2430 | Independence Party | 1963 | |||
| 1967 | Kristján Eldjárn .jpg) (1968–1980) | ||||||||||
| 18 | 
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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 | |||
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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 .jpg) (1980–1996) | |||
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Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) MP for Westfjords |
1 | 26 May 1983 |
8 July 1987 |
1504 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 1983 | ||
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Þorsteinn Pálsson (born 1947) MP for Southern |
1 | 8 July 1987 |
28 September 1988 |
448 | Independence Party | IP–PP–SDP | 1987 | ||
| (23) |
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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 | 
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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 .jpeg) (1996–2016) | ||||||||
| 3 | 1999 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2003 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 
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Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015) MP for Reykjavík North |
1 | 15 September 2004 |
15 June 2006 |
638 | Progressive Party | ||||
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Geir Haarde (born 1951) MP for Reykjavík South |
1 | 15 June 2006 |
1 February 2009 |
962 | Independence Party | ||||
| 2 | IP–SDA | 2007 | |||||||||
| 28 | 
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (born 1942) MP for Reykjavík North |
1 | 1 February 2009 |
23 May 2013 |
1572 | Social Democratic Alliance | SDA–LGM | |||
| 2 | 2009 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 
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Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (born 1975) MP for Northeast |
1 | 23 May 2013 |
7 April 2016 |
1049 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 2013 | ||
| 30 | 
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Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (born 1962) MP for South |
1 | 7 April 2016 |
11 January 2017 |
280 | Progressive Party | Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson .jpg) (2016–2024) | |||
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Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) MP for Southwest |
1 | 11 January 2017 |
30 November 2017 |
323 | Independence Party | IP–RP–BF | 2016 | ||
| 32 | 
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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) |
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Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) MP for Southwest |
2 | 9 April 2024 |
21 December 2024 |
256 | Independence Party | Halla Tómasdóttir  (2024–present) | |||
| 33 | 
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Kristrún Frostadóttir (born 1988) MP for Reykjavík South |
1 | 21 December 2024 |
Incumbent | 350 | Social Democratic Alliance | SDA–RP–PP | 2024 | ||
Prime Minister Of Iceland Media
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References
- ↑ "2016.3.001 Alþingismenn, ráðherrar og forseti Íslands" [2016.3.001 Parliamentarians, Ministers and President of Iceland] (PDF). Kjararáð (in íslenska). p. 7.
