First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir explained

Cabinet Name:Cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Cabinet Number:45th
Jurisdiction:Iceland
Flag:Flag_of_Iceland.svg
Flag Border:true
Government Head:Katrín Jakobsdóttir
State Head:Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Opposition Parties:Social Democratic Alliance (S)
Centre Party (M)
Pirate Party (P)
People's Party (F)
Reform Party (C)
Election:2017 parliamentary election
Previous: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

Cabinet memberMinisterMinistryParty
Katrín JakobsdóttirPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeV
Guðlaugur Þór ÞórðarsonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsD
Bjarni BenediktssonMinister of Finance and Economic AffairsMinistry of Finance and Economic AffairsD
Sigurður Ingi JóhannssonMinister of Transport and Local GovernmentMinistry of Transport and Local GovernmentB
Sigríður Á. Andersen
(until 14 March 2019)[5]
Minister of JusticeMinistry of JusticeD
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (interim)D
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir
(from 15 September 2019)
D
Þórdís Kolbrún R. GylfadóttirMinister of Tourism, Industry and InnovationMinistry of Industries and InnovationD
Kristján Þór JúlíussonMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureD
Guðmundur Ingi GuðbrandssonMinister for the Environment and Natural ResourcesMinistry for the Environment and Natural ResourcesV
Lilja Dögg AlfreðsdóttirMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureB
Ásmundur Einar DaðasonMinister of Social Affairs and EqualityMinistry of WelfareB
Svandís SvavarsdóttirMinister of HealthV

See also

Notes and References

  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. en. 10.1111/2047-8852.12275. 225456701 . 2047-8852.
  2. Web site: Government of Iceland | 404.
  3. News: 2019-11-27. Andrés Ingi segir sig úr þingflokki VG. mbl.is.
  4. News: 2020-09-17. Rósa Björk kveður Vinstri-græna. mbl.is.
  5. Web site: Mannréttindadómstóll Evrópu dæmir íslenska ríkið brotlegt í Landsréttarmálinu. Stundin. 12 March 2019 . 2019-03-18.