Second cabinet of Geir Haarde explained

Cabinet Name:	Second cabinet of Geir Haarde
Cabinet Number:	39th
Jurisdiction:	Iceland
Government Head:	Geir Haarde
State Head:	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Previous:	Geir Haarde I
Successor:	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I

The Second cabinet of Geir Haarde in Iceland was formed 24 May 2007.^[1] It resigned due to the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests.

Cabinet

Inaugural cabinet: 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009

The Ministry of Commerce was renamed in English the Ministry of Business Affairs but the Icelandic name was unchanged. The Ministry of Industry was renamed in English the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism but the Icelandic name was unchanged.

Incumbent		Minister	Ministry	Party
	Geir Haarde	Prime Minister	Prime Minister's Office	IP
Minister of Statistics Iceland		Statistics Iceland
	Árni Mathiesen	Minister of Finance	Ministry of Finance	IP
	Björgvin G. Sigurðsson	Minister of Commerce	Ministry of Commerce	SDA
	Björn Bjarnason	Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs	Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs	IP
	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Minister of Agriculture	Ministry of Agriculture	IP
Minister of Fisheries		Ministry of Fisheries
	Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson	Minister of Health and Social Security	Ministry of Health and Social Security	IP
	Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Ministry for Foreign Affairs	SDA
	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	Minister of Social Affairs	Ministry of Social Affairs	SDA
	Kristján L. Möller	Minister of Communications	Ministry of Communications	SDA
	Össur Skarphéðinsson	Minister of Industry	Ministry of Industry	SDA
	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	Minister of Education, Science and Culture	Ministry of Education, Science and Culture	IP
	Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir	Minister for the Environment	Ministry for the Environment	SDA

Change: 1 January 2008

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Fisheries merged to form the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture (Sjávarútvegs- og landbúnaðarráðuneytið). The Ministry of Health and Social Security was renamed the Ministry of Health (Heilbrigðisráðuneytið). The Ministry of Social Affairs was renamed the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security (Félags- og tryggingamálaráðuneytið). Statistics Iceland became an independent government agency.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Government of Iceland
• Cabinet of Iceland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annað ráðuneyti Geirs H. Haarde. Historical material. Cabinet of Iceland. Icelandic. Second cabinet of Geir Haarde. 29 September 2012.
2. Web site: Lög um breytingu á lögum um Stjórnarráð Íslands, nr. 73/1969.. Icelandic law. Parliament of Iceland. Icelandic. Law amending the law on the Cabinet of Iceland, № 73/1969.. 24 September 2012.
3. Web site: Starfsemi. Statistics Iceland. Icelandic. Operation. 4 October 2012. Hagstofa Íslands tók til starfa árið 1914. Til ársloka 2007 var hún eitt ráðuneyta í Stjórnarráði Íslands. Hagstofan hefur lengst af starfað samkvæmt stofnlögum sínum frá 1913 og lögum og reglugerð um Stjórnarráð Íslands. Hinn 1. janúar 2008 var Hagstofa Íslands lögð niður sem ráðuneyti. Þá tóku gildi ný lög um Hagstofu Íslands og opinbera hagskýrslugerð og komu þau að mestu í stað eldri löggjafar um starf Hagstofunnar. Samkvæmt þeim er Hagstofan sjálfstæð stofnun sem heyrir undir fjármála- og efnahagsráðherra. Í 1. gr. laganna segir að Hagstofan sé miðstöð opinberrar hagskýrslugerðar í landinu og hafi forystu um tilhögun, samræmingu og framkvæmd hennar svo og um samskipti við alþjóðastofnanir á þessu sviði..