Prime Minister of Iceland
Prime Minister of Iceland Forsætisráðherra Íslands |
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Prime Minister's Office | |
Member of |
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Residence | None. |
Seat | Reykjavík, Capital Region |
Nominator | Incumbent's political party |
Appointer | President of Iceland |
Term length | Four years Renewable indefinitely as long as the incumbent has majority support in the Parliament. |
Constituting instrument |
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Precursor | Minister for Iceland |
Formation | 1 February 1904 |
First holder | Jón Magnússon |
Deputy | Whoever appointed by the incumbent. |
Salary | 1,231,092 ISK monthly (2013) |
Website | eng forsaetisraduneyti |
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The Prime Minister of Iceland (Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the President and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.
Contents
List
Home rule (1904–1917)
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# | Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Party |
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1. | Hannes Hafstein MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
1 February 1904 | 31 March 1909 | HP | |
2. | Björn Jónsson MP for Barðastrandarsýsla |
31 March 1909 | 14 March 1911 | OIP | |
3. | Kristján Jónsson MP for Borgarfjarðarsýsla |
14 March 1911 | 24 July 1912 | No party | |
(1) | Hannes Hafstein MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
24 July 1912 | 21 July 1914 | UP | |
4. | Sigurður Eggerz MP for West Skaftafellssýsla |
21 July 1914 | 4 May 1915 | OIP | |
5. | Einar Arnórsson MP for Árnessýsla |
4 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 | OIP langsum |
Kingdom (1917–1944)
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# | Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Party | Election | Coalition | Age |
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1. | Jón Magnússon MP for Reykjavík until 1920 not in Parliament from 1920 |
4 January 1917 | 25 February 1920 | Home Rule Party | 1916 | HP–OIP–PP | 57 | |
25 February 1920 | 7 March 1922 | 1919 | HP–others | 61 | ||||
2. | Sigurður Eggerz MP without constituency |
7 March 1922 | 22 March 1924 | Old Independence Party | OIP–others | 47 | ||
1923 | ||||||||
(1) | Jón Magnússon MP without constituency |
22 March 1924 | 23 June 1926 | Conservative Party | CP | 65 | ||
3. | Magnús Guðmundsson (acting) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla |
23 June 1926 | 8 July 1926 | Conservative Party | CP | 47 | ||
4. | Jón Þorláksson MP without constituency |
8 July 1926 | 28 August 1927 | Conservative Party | CP | 49 | ||
5. | Tryggvi Þórhallsson MP for Strandasýsla |
28 August 1927 | 3 June 1932 | Progressive Party | 1927 | PP | 38 | |
1931 | ||||||||
6. | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson MP for West Ísafjarðarsýsla |
3 June 1932 | 28 July 1934 | Progressive Party | PP–IP–Peasants | 38 | ||
1933 | ||||||||
7. | Hermann Jónasson MP for Strandasýsla |
28 July 1934 | 2 April 1938 | Progressive Party | 1934 | PP–SDP | 37 | |
2 April 1938 | 17 April 1939 | 1937 | PP | 41 | ||||
17 April 1939 | 18 November 1941 | PP–IP–SDP | 42 | |||||
18 November 1941 | 16 May 1942 | PP–IP–SDP | 44 | |||||
8. | Ólafur Thors MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
16 May 1942 | 16 December 1942 | Independence Party | Jul.1942 | IP | 50 | |
Oct.1942 | ||||||||
9. | Björn Þórðarson not in Parliament |
16 December 1942 | 21 October 1944 | Independent | — | 63 |
Republic (1944–present)
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Political Party: Independence Progressive Social Democratic
# | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Election | ||
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Took Office | Left Office | Days | ||||||
(8) | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) |
21 October 1944 | 4 February 1947 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP–SP | 1946 | |
10 | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980) |
4 February 1947 | 6 December 1949 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Social Democratic Party | SDP–IP–SP | ||
(8) | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) |
6 December 1949 | 14 March 1950 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP | 1949 | |
11 | Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893–1966) |
14 March 1950 | 11 September 1953 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||
(8) | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) |
11 September 1953 | 24 July 1956 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–PP | 1953 | |
(7) | Hermann Jónasson (1896–1976) |
24 July 1956 | 23 December 1958 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | Alliance PP–SDP–PA |
1956 | |
12 | Emil Jónsson (1902-1986) |
23 December 1958 | 20 November 1959 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Social Democratic Party | SDP | Jun. 1959 | |
(8) | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) |
20 November 1959 | 8 September 1961 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP | Oct. 1959 | |
13 | 80px | Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) |
8 September 1961 | 31 December 1961 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP | |
(8) | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) |
1 January 1962 | 14 November 1963 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP | ||
(13) | 80px | Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) |
14 November 1963 | 10 July 1970 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP | 1963 |
1967 | ||||||||
14 | Jóhann Hafstein (1915–1980) |
10 July 1970 | 14 July 1971 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP | ||
15 | Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) |
14 July 1971 | 28 August 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–PA–LL | 1971 | |
16 | Geir Hallgrímsson (1925–1990) |
28 August 1974 | 1 September 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–PP | 1974 | |
(15) | Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) |
1 September 1978 | 15 October 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–PA | 1978 | |
17 | Benedikt Gröndal (1924-2010) |
15 October 1979 | 8 February 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Social Democratic Party | SDP | 1979 | |
18 | Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910–1983) |
8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | Gunnar's Independents–IP–PA | ||
19 | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) |
26 May 1983 | 8 July 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 1983 | |
20 | Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947–) |
8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–PP–SDP | 1987 | |
(19) | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) |
28 September 1988 | 10 September 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–SDP–PA | ||
10 September 1989 | 30 April 1991 | PP–SDP–PA–CiP | ||||||
21 | Davíð Oddsson (1948–) |
30 April 1991 | 23 April 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–SDP | 1991 | |
23 April 1995 | 28 May 1999 | IP–PP | 1995 | |||||
28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | IP–PP | 1999 | |||||
23 May 2003 | 15 September 2004 | IP–PP | 2003 | |||||
22 | Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015) |
15 September 2004 | 15 June 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||
23 | Geir Haarde (1951–) |
15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Independence Party | IP–PP | ||
24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | IP–SDA | 2007 | |||||
24 | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–) |
1 February 2009 | 10 May 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Social Democratic Alliance | SDA–LGM | ||
10 May 2009 | 23 May 2013 | SDA–LGM | 2009 | |||||
25 | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975–) |
23 May 2013 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 2013 |
Note about Magnús Guðmundsson: Jón Magnússon died 23 June 1926. Magnús Guðmundsson acted as PM until Jón Þorláksson could be reached. Officially the third cabinet of Jón Magnússon is said to have been in office until 8 July 1926, but as the PM was dead, it seemed proper to include the acting PM in the list.
Timeline since 1980
Locations
The Prime Minister's office is located in Stjórnarráðið, Reykjavik where their secretariat is based and where cabinet meetings are held.[1] The Prime Minister has a summer residence, Þingvallabær in Þingvellir. The Prime Minister also has a Reception House at Tjarnargata, Reykjavik which was the Prime Ministerial residence until 1943.[2]