List of resignations in Iceland explained

This is a list of resignations in Iceland.

Cabinet ministers

Resignations of cabinet ministers do not take effect until they have been relieved of duty by the President of Iceland.

Image	Person	Position	Date of resignation	Date of relief	Reason	Ref
	Albert Guðmundsson (IP)	Minister of Industry		24 March 1987	Financial scandal.	^[1]
	Björgvin G. Sigurðsson (SDA)	Minister of Commerce	25 January 2009	1 February 2009	2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis.	^[2] ^[3]
	Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (SDP)	Minister of Social Affairs		11 November 1994	Civil servant dismissal.	^[4] ^[5]
	Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (IP)	Minister of the Interior	21 November 2014	4 December 2014	Political scandal.	^[6] ^[7]
	Magnús Guðmundsson (CP)	Minister of Justice		11 November 1932	Political scandal.	^[8]
	Magnús Jónsson (IP)	Minister of Finance		18 April 1923	Political dispute.	^[9]
	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (PP)	Prime Minister	5 April 2016	7 April 2016	Financial scandal revealed by the Panama Papers.	^[10]
	Sigríður Á. Andersen (IP)	Minister of Justice	13 March 2019	14 March 2019	Political scandal.	^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15]
	Ögmundur Jónasson (LGM)	Minister of Health	30 September 2009	1 October 2009	Political dispute.	^[16] ^[17]

Members of Parliament

Image	Person	Date	Reason	Ref
	Árni Johnsen (IP)	19 July 2001	Embezzlement of funds of a committee of the National Theatre of Iceland.	^[18] ^[19]
	Bjarni Harðarson (PP)	11 November 2008	Political scandal regarding him accidentally forwarding criticism of a fellow party member to all major news media.	^[20] ^[21]
	Guðni Ágústsson (PP)	17 November 2008	Political dispute regarding the policies of his party.	^[22] ^[23]
	Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (SDA)	27 May 2010	Political scandal regarding the financing of her political campaign.	^[24] ^[25]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albert Guðmundsson.
2. Web site: Björgvin G. Sigurðsson.
3. Web site: Björgvin segir af sér og stjórnendur Fjármálaeftirlitsins hætta.
4. Web site: Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson.
5. Web site: Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson baðst lausnar í gær sem félagsmálaráðherra UMRÆÐAN.
6. Web site: Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir.
7. Web site: Hanna Birna segir af sér í dag. 21 November 2014.
8. Web site: Magnús Guðmundsson.
9. Web site: Magnús Jónsson.
10. Web site: Sigmundur Davíð hættur - Vísir.
11. Web site: Sigríður Andersen segir af sér. 13 March 2019.
12. Web site: Sigríður stígur til hliðar sem dómsmálaráðherra. 13 March 2019.
13. Web site: Sigríður boðar til blaðamannafundar.
14. Web site: Sigríður Andersen segir af sér embætti en segist "stíga til hliðar".
15. Web site: Sigríður Andersen stígur til hliðar - Vísir.
16. Web site: Ögmundur Jónasson.
17. Web site: Ögmundur Jónasson segir af sér ráðherraembætti. Styður áfram ríkisstjórnina « Eyjan . eyjan.pressan.is . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150224073739/http://eyjan.pressan.is/frettir/2009/09/30/ogmundur-jonasson-segir-af-ser-embaetti-radherraembaetti/ . 2015-02-24.
18. Web site: Árni Johnsen.
19. Web site: Afsögn Árna Johnsen.
20. Web site: Bjarni Harðarson.
21. Web site: Bjarni segir af sér.
22. Web site: Guðni Ágústsson.
23. Web site: Guðni segir af sér þingmennsku.
24. Web site: Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir.
25. Web site: Steinunn Valdís segir af sér.