Minister for Foreign Affairs (Iceland) explained

Post:Minister for Foreign Affairs
Body:Iceland
Insignia:Coat of arms of Iceland.svg
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Iceland
Incumbent:Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Incumbentsince:9 April 2024
Department:Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Member Of:Cabinet of Iceland
Reports To:Prime Minister
Appointer:Prime Minister
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Iceland
First:Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir.

List of ministers

Minister for Foreign Affairs (1 January 1970 – present)

The Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969, which had been passed by the parliament 28 May 1969, took effect on 1 January 1970. Thus the Cabinet was formally established along with its ministries which had up until then not formally existed separately from the ministers.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands.. Legal Code. Parliament of Iceland. Icelandic. Bill regarding the Cabinet of Iceland.. 13 November 2012.