Prime Minister Of Iceland: Icelandic head of government
The prime minister of Iceland (Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Iceland's head of government.
The prime minister is appointed formally by the president.
| Prime Minister of Iceland Forsætisráðherra Íslands | |
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| Prime Minister's Office | |
| Member of |
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| Seat | Reykjavík, Capital Region |
| Nominator | Incumbent's political party and coalition government |
| Appointer | President of Iceland |
| Term length | No Term limit Serves as long as the incumbent has majority support in the Parliament. |
| Constituting instrument |
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| Precursor | Minister for Iceland |
| Inaugural holder | Jón Magnússon |
| Formation | 1 February 1904 |
| Salary | 2,021,825 ISK monthly (2017) Or about $15,885 USD monthly |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla | 1 February 1904 | 31 March 1909 | Home Rule Party | |
 | Björn Jónsson (1846–1912) MP for Barðastrandarsýsla | 31 March 1909 | 14 March 1911 | Independence Party | |
 | Kristján Jónsson (1852–1926) MP for Borgarfjarðarsýsla | 14 March 1911 | 24 July 1912 | Independent | |
| | Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla | 24 July 1912 | 21 July 1914 | Union Party | |
 | Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945) MP for West Skaftafellssýsla | 21 July 1914 | 4 May 1915 | Independence Party | |
 | 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 Progressive Independent
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political Party | Cabinet | Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | 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 |  | Magnús Guðmundsson Acting (1879–1937) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla | 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 |  | Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889–1935) MP for Strandasýsla | • | 28 August 1927 | 3 June 1932 | 1741 | Progressive Party | PP | 1927 | |
| 1931 | ||||||||||
| 6 |  | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894–1972) MP for West Ísafjarðarsýsla | • | 3 June 1932 | 28 July 1934 | 785 | Progressive Party | PP–IP–Peasants | ||
| 1933 | ||||||||||
| 7 |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893–1966) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla | • | 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) |  | Hermann Jónasson (1896–1976) MP for Strandasýsla | 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 .jpg) 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 |  | Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) MP for Northwestern Region | 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) | | Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) MP for Northwestern Region | 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 .jpg) 1 August 1980–1 August 1996 Independent | ||
| 19 | .jpg) | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) MP for Westfjords | 1 | 26 May 1983 | 8 July 1987 | 1504 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 1983 | ||
| 20 | .jpeg) | Þorsteinn Pálsson (born 1947) MP for Southern Region | • | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 448 | Independence Party | IP–PP–SDP | 1987 | ||
| (19) | | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) MP for Reykjanes | 2 | 28 September 1988 | 10 September 1989 | 944 | Progressive Party | PP–SDP–PA | |||
| 3 | 10 September 1989 | 30 April 1991 | PP–SDP–PA–CiP | ||||||||
| 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 .jpeg) 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 | .png) | 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 | .jpg) | 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 | .jpg) | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (born 1975) MP for Northeast Constituency | • | 23 May 2013 | 7 April 2016 | 1049 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 2013 | ||
| 26 | .png) | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (born 1962) MP for South Constituency | • | 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 Constituency | • | 11 January 2017 | 30 November 2017 | 323 | Independence Party | IP–RP–BF | 2016 | ||
| 28 | .jpg) | Katrín Jakobsdóttir (born 1976) MP for Reykjavík North | • | 30 November 2017 | 9 April 2024 | 2322 | Left-Green Movement | LGM–IP–PP | 2017 | ||
| (27) | .jpg) | Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) MP for Southwest Constituency | • | 9 April 2024 | Incumbent | 16 | Independence Party | IP–LGM–PP | 2021 | ||
References
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