Prime Minister of Iceland
Prime Minister of Iceland Forsætisráðherra Íslands |
|
---|---|
![]() |
|
Prime Minister's Office | |
Member of |
|
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 |
|
Precursor | Minister for Iceland |
Formation | 1 February 1904 |
First holder | Jón Magnússon |
Salary | 1,231,092 ISK monthly (2013) |
Website | eng forsaetisraduneyti |
![]() |
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Iceland |
Constitution |
|
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
Constitutional basis[edit]
The Prime Minister is appointed by the President under the Constitution of Iceland, Section II Article 17, and chairs the Cabinet of Iceland:
- Fundunum stjórnar sá ráðherra, er forseti lýðveldisins hefur kvatt til forsætis, og nefnist hann forsætisráðherra.[1]
- The [cabinet] meetings shall be presided over by the Minister called upon by the President of the Republic to do so, who is designated Prime Minister.[2]
Locations[edit]
The Prime Minister's office is located in Stjórnarráðið, Reykjavik where their secretariat is based and where cabinet meetings are held.[3] 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.[4]
-
Stjórnarráðið in Reykjavík, the Prime Minister's Office
List[edit]
Home Rule (1904–1918)[edit]
Political Party: Home Rule Independence Union Independent
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Took office | Left office | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
1 February 1904 | 31 March 1909 | Home Rule Party | |
![]() |
Björn Jónsson (1846–1912) MP for Barðastrandarsýsla |
31 March 1909 | 14 March 1911 | Independence Party | |
![]() |
Kristján Jónsson (1852–1926) MP for Borgarfjarðarsýsla |
14 March 1911 | 24 July 1912 | Independent | |
![]() |
Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
24 July 1912 | 21 July 1914 | Union Party | |
![]() |
Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945) MP for West Skaftafellssýsla |
21 July 1914 | 4 May 1915 | Independence Party | |
![]() |
Einar Arnórsson (1880–1955) MP for Árnessýsla |
4 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 | Independence Party (Langsum) |
Kingdom (1918–1944)[edit]
Political Party: Home Rule Independence Conservative Progressive Independent
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Election | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Took Office | Left Office | Days | ||||||
![]() |
Jón Magnússon (1859–1926) MP for Reykjavík until 1920 not in Parliament from 1920 |
1 | 4 January 1917 | 25 February 1920 | 1888 | Home Rule Party | HP–IP–PP | Oct. 1916 | |
2 | 25 February 1920 | 7 March 1922 | HP–others | 1919 | |||||
![]() |
Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945) MP without constituency |
• | 7 March 1922 | 22 March 1924 | 746 | Independence Party | IP–others | ||
1923 | |||||||||
![]() |
Jón Magnússon (1859–1926) MP without constituency |
3 | 22 March 1924 | 23 June 1926 (died) | 823 | Conservative Party | CP | ||
![]() |
Magnús Guðmundsson Acting (1879–1937) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla |
23 June 1926 | 8 July 1926 | 15 | Conservative Party | ||||
![]() |
Jón Þorláksson (1877–1935) MP without constituency |
• | 8 July 1926 | 28 August 1927 | 416 | Conservative Party | CP | ||
![]() |
Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889–1935) MP for Strandasýsla |
• | 28 August 1927 | 3 June 1932 | 1741 | Progressive Party | PP | 1927 | |
1931 | |||||||||
![]() |
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894–1972) MP for West Ísafjarðarsýsla |
• | 3 June 1932 | 28 July 1934 | 785 | Progressive Party | PP–IP–Peasants | ||
1933 | |||||||||
![]() |
Hermann Jónasson (1896–1976) MP for Strandasýsla |
1 | 28 July 1934 | 2 April 1938 | 2849 | Progressive Party | PP–SDP | 1934 | |
2 | 2 April 1938 | 17 April 1939 | PP | 1937 | |||||
3 | 17 April 1939 | 18 November 1941 | PP–IP–SDP | ||||||
4 | 18 November 1941 | 16 May 1942 | PP–IP–SDP | ||||||
![]() |
Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
1 | 16 May 1942 | 16 December 1942 | 214 | Independence Party | IP | Jul.1942 | |
Oct.1942 | |||||||||
![]() |
Björn Þórðarson (1879–1963) not in Parliament |
• | 16 December 1942 | 21 October 1944 | 675 | Independent | — |
Republic (1944–present)[edit]
Political Party: Independence Progressive Social Democratic
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Election | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Took Office | Left Office | Days | ||||||
![]() |
Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
2 | 21 October 1944 | 4 February 1947 | 836 | Independence Party | IP–SDP–SP | 1946 | |
![]() |
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980) MP for Eyjafjarðarsýsla |
• | 4 February 1947 | 6 December 1949 | 1036 | Social Democratic Party | SDP–IP–SP | ||
![]() |
Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
3 | 6 December 1949 | 14 March 1950 | 98 | Independence Party | IP | 1949 | |
![]() |
Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893–1966) MP for Skagafjarðarsýsla |
• | 14 March 1950 | 11 September 1953 | 1277 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||
![]() |
Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
4 | 11 September 1953 | 24 July 1956 | 1035 | Independence Party | IP–PP | 1953 | |
![]() |
Hermann Jónasson (1896–1976) MP for Strandasýsla |
5 | 24 July 1956 | 23 December 1958 | 894 | Progressive Party | Alliance PP–SDP–PA |
1956 | |
![]() |
Emil Jónsson (1902-1986) MP for Hafnarfjörður |
• | 23 December 1958 | 20 November 1959 | 597 | Social Democratic Party | SDP | Jun.1959 | |
![]() |
Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
5 | 20 November 1959 | 8 September 1961 | 393 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | Oct.1959 | |
![]() |
Bjarni Benediktsson Acting (1908–1970) MP for Reykjavík |
8 September 1961 | 31 December 1961 | 114 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | |||
![]() |
Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) MP for Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla |
1 January 1962 | 14 November 1963 | 682 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | |||
![]() |
Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 14 November 1963 | 10 July 1970 (died) | 2430 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | 1963 | |
1967 | |||||||||
![]() |
Jóhann Hafstein (1915–1980) MP for Reykjavík |
• | (Acting: 10 July 1970) 10 October 1970 |
14 July 1971 | 369 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | ||
![]() |
Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) MP for Northwestern Region |
1 | 14 July 1971 | 28 August 1974 | 1141 | Progressive Party | PP–PA–LL | 1971 | |
![]() |
Geir Hallgrímsson (1925–1990) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 28 August 1974 | 1 September 1978 | 1465 | Independence Party | IP–PP | 1974 | |
![]() |
Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) MP for Northwestern Region |
2 | 1 September 1978 | 15 October 1979 | 409 | Progressive Party | PP–PA | 1978 | |
![]() |
Benedikt Gröndal (1924-2010) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 15 October 1979 | 8 February 1980 | 116 | Social Democratic Party | SDP | 1979 | |
![]() |
Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910–1983) MP for Reykjavík |
• | 8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 1203 | Independence Party (*Gunnar's faction) |
IP*–PP–PA | ||
![]() |
Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) MP for Westfjords |
1 | 26 May 1983 | 8 July 1987 | 1504 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 1983 | |
![]() |
Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947–) MP for Southern Region |
• | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 448 | Independence Party | IP–PP–SDP | 1987 | |
![]() |
Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) MP for Reykjanes |
2 | 28 September 1988 | 10 September 1989 | 944 | Progressive Party | PP–SDP–PA | ||
3 | 10 September 1989 | 30 April 1991 | PP–SDP–PA–CiP | ||||||
![]() |
Davíð Oddsson Acting (1948–) MP for Reykjavík until 2003 MP for Reykjavík North from 2003 |
1 | 30 April 1991 | 23 April 1995 | 4887 | Independence Party | IP–SDP | 1991 | |
2 | 23 April 1995 | 28 May 1999 | IP–PP | 1995 | |||||
3 | 28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | IP–PP | 1999 | |||||
4 | 23 May 2003 | 15 September 2004 | IP–PP | 2003 | |||||
![]() |
Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015) MP for Reykjavík North |
• | 15 September 2004 | 15 June 2006 | 638 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||
![]() |
Geir Haarde (1951–) MP for Reykjavík South |
1 | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | 962 | Independence Party | IP–PP | ||
2 | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | IP–SDA | 2007 | |||||
![]() |
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–) MP for Reykjavík North |
1 | 1 February 2009 | 10 May 2009 | 1572 | Social Democratic Alliance | SDA–LGM | ||
2 | 10 May 2009 | 23 May 2013 | SDA–LGM | 2009 | |||||
![]() |
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975–) MP for Northeast Constituency |
• | 23 May 2013 | 7 April 2016 | 1049 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | 2013 | |
![]() |
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962–) MP for South Constituency |
• | 7 April 2016 | 11 January 2017 | 280 | Progressive Party | PP–IP | ||
![]() |
Bjarni Benediktsson (1970–) MP for Southwest Constituency |
• | 11 January 2017 | Incumbent | 22 | Independence Party | IP–RP–BF | 2016 |
Timeline since 1980[edit]
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205113912im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/2636eb49d3829e7c9033c962afcac793.png)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Constitution of Iceland (Icelandic version)
- ^ Constitution of Iceland (English version)
- ^ "The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Iceland". Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Minister's Residence". Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 28 October 2015.