First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir (original) (raw)

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Government of Iceland from 2017 to 2021

Cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir
45th Cabinet of Iceland
Date formed 30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)
Date dissolved 28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
People and organisations
President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir
No. of ministers 11
Member parties Independence Party (D) Left-Green Movement (V) Progressive Party (B)
Status in legislature Majority government (coalition)33 / 63 (52%)
Opposition parties Social Democratic Alliance (S) Centre Party (M) Pirate Party (P) People's Party (F) Viðreisn (C)
History
Election 2017 parliamentary election
Predecessor Bjarni Benediktsson
Successor Katrín Jakobsdóttir II

The First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir was formed on 30 November 2017, following the 2017 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The cabinet was a coalition government consisting the Independence Party, the Left-Green Movement and the Progressive Party.[1] Together they held 33 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland (i.e. Althing; Icelandic: Alþingi) and served as a majority government. In the cabinet, there were eleven ministers, where five were from the Independence Party, three were from the Left-Green Movement and three were 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 member Minister Ministry Party
Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime Minister Prime Minister's Office
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Bjarni Benediktsson Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Minister of Transport and Local Government Ministry of Transport and Local Government
Sigríður Á. Andersen (until 14 March 2019)[5] Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice
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
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
Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir Minister of Education, Science and Culture Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Ásmundur Einar Daðason Minister of Social Affairs and Equality Ministry of Welfare
Svandís Svavarsdóttir Minister of Health V
  1. ^ Hardarson, Ólafur Th; Kristinsson, Gunnar Helgi (2020). "Iceland: Political Developments and Data in 2019". European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook. 59: 182–186. doi:10.1111/2047-8852.12275. ISSN 2047-8852. S2CID 225456701.
  2. ^ "Government of Iceland | 404".
  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. ^ a b "Mannréttindadómstóll Evrópu dæmir íslenska ríkið brotlegt í Landsréttarmálinu". Stundin. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-18.