The Minister of Infrastructure in Iceland is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure (formerly known as the Ministry of Transport and Local Government) and forms a part of the Cabinet of Iceland. The ministry was formed in 2017 and the current minister is Svandís Svavarsdóttir.
The Minister of Communications (Icelandic: Samgönguráðherra) was a cabinet position which existed between 20 November 1959 and 1 October 2009. The Minister of Communications existed alongside the minister after 1 January 1970 when the Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969 took effect since ministries had not formally existed separately from the ministers.[1] On 1 October 2009 the position became Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government (Icelandic: Samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðherra) and the ministry itself was also renamed accordingly.
On 31 December 2010 the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government was merged with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to form the Ministry of the Interior. On 1 May 2017 the Ministry of the Interior was again split up into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Local Government. On 28 November 2021, the position changed its name to Minister of Infrastructure due to the renaming of the Ministry.[2]
| Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingólfur Jónsson (1909–1984) | 20 November 1959 | 14 July 1971 | 11 years, 7 months, 24 days (4,254 days) | IP | Bjarni Benediktsson | ||
| Jóhann Hafstein | ||||||||
| 2 | Hannibal Valdimarsson (1903–1991) | 14 July 1971 | 16 July 1973 | 2 years, 2 days (733 days) | ULL | Ólafur Jóhannesson I | ||
| 3 | Björn Jónsson (1916–1985) | 16 July 1973 | 6 May 1974 | 9 months, 20 days (294 days) | ULL | |||
| 4 | Magnús Torfi Ólafsson (1915–2003) | 6 May 1974 | 28 August 1974 | 3 months, 22 days (114 days) | ULL | |||
| 5 | Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson (1915–2003) | 28 August 1974 | 1 September 1978 | 4 years, 4 days (1,465 days) | PP | Geir Hallgrímsson | ||
| 6 | Ragnar Arnalds (1938–2022) | 1 September 1978 | 15 October 1979 | 1 year, 1 month, 14 days (409 days) | PA | Ólafur Jóhannesson II | ||
| 7 | Magnús Helgi Magnússon (1922–2006) | 15 October 1979 | 8 February 1980 | 3 months, 24 days (116 days) | SDP | Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal | ||
| 8 | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) | 8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 3 years, 3 months, 18 days (1,203 days) | PP | Gunnar Thoroddsen | ||
| 9 | Matthías Bjarnason (1921–2014) | 26 May 1983 | 8 July 1987 | 4 years, 1 month, 12 days (1,504 days) | IP | Steingrímur Hermannsson I | ||
| 10 | Matthías Árni Mathiesen (1931–2011) | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | year, 2 months, 20 days (448 days) | IP | Þorsteinn Pálsson | ||
| 11 | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955–) | 28 September 1988 | 30 April 1991 | 2 years, 7 months, 2 days (944 days) | LGM | Steingrímur Hermannsson II | ||
| Steingrímur Hermannsson III | ||||||||
| 12 | Halldór Blöndal (1938–) | 30 April 1991 | 28 May 1999 | 8 years, 28 days (2,950 days) | IP | Davíð Oddsson I | ||
| Davíð Oddsson II | ||||||||
| 13 | Sturla Böðvarsson (1945–) | 28 May 1999 | 24 May 2007 | 7 years, 11 months, 26 days (2,918 days) | IP | Davíð Oddsson III | ||
| Davíð Oddsson IV | ||||||||
| Halldór Ásgrímsson | ||||||||
| Geir Haarde I | ||||||||
| 14 | Kristján L. Möller (1953–) | 24 May 2007 | — | — | SDA | Geir Haarde II | ||
| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I | ||||||||
| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | ||||||||
| Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (14) | Kristján L. Möller (1953–) | — | 2 September 2010 | 3 years, 3 months, 9 days (1,197 days) | SDA | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | |||
| 15 | Ögmundur Jónasson (1948–) | 2 September 2010 | 31 December 2010 | 3 months, 29 days (120 days) | LGM | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | |||
See Minister of the Interior (Iceland)
| Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (14) | Jón Gunnarsson (1956–) | 11 January 2017 | 30 November 2017 | IP | Bjarni Benediktsson | ||||
| 15 | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962–) | 30 November 2017 | 28 November 2021 | PP | Katrín Jakobsdóttir | ||||
| Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (15) | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962–) | 28 November 2021 | 9 April 2024 | PP | Katrín Jakobsdóttir II | ||||
| (16) | Svandís Svavarsdóttir (1964–) | 9 April 2024 | Incumbent | PP | Bjarni Benediktsson II | ||||