List of female cabinet ministers of Iceland
This is a list of female cabinet ministers of Iceland.
List
Incumbent | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | |
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Prime Minister | ||||||
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Prime Minister | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | SDA | ||
Katrín Jakobsdóttir | Prime Minister | 30 November 2017 | present | LGM | ||
Minister of Education, Science and Culture | ||||||
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir | Minister of Education, Science and Culture | 26 May 1983 | 16 October 1985 | IP | Steingrímur Hermannsson I | |
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | Minister of Education, Science and Culture | 31 December 2003 | 1 February 2009 | IP | ||
Katrín Jakobsdóttir | Minister of Education, Science and Culture | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | LGM | ||
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources | ||||||
Siv Friðleifsdóttir | Minister for the Environment | 28 May 1999 | 3 May 2003 | PP | Davíð Oddsson III | |
Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir | Minister for the Environment | 15 September 2004 | 15 June 2006 | IP | Halldór Ásgrímsson | |
Jónína Bjartmarz | Minister for the Environment | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | PP | Geir Haarde I | |
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir | Minister for the Environment | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | SDA | Geir Haarde II | |
Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir | Minister for the Environment | 1 February 2009 | 10 May 2009 | LGM | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I | |
Svandís Svavarsdóttir | Minister for the Environment | 10 May 2009 | 1 September 2012 | LGM | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | |
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources | 1 September 2012 | 23 May 2013 | ||||
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs | ||||||
Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir | Minister of Finance | 31 December 2011 | 1 September 2012 | SDA | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | |
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs | 1 September 2012 | 23 May 2013 | ||||
Minister for Foreign Affairs | ||||||
Valgerður Sverrisdóttir | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | PP | Geir Haarde I | |
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | SDA | Geir Haarde II | |
Minister of the Interior | ||||||
Auður Auðuns | Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs | 10 October 1970 | 14 July 1971 | IP | Jóhann Hafstein | |
Sólveig Guðrún Pétursdóttir | Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs | 28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | IP | Davíð Oddsson III | |
Ragna Árnadóttir | Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs | 1 February 2009 | 2 September 2010 | independent | ||
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir | Minister of the Interior | 23 May 2013 | 4 December 2014 | IP | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson | |
Minister of Industries and Innovation | ||||||
Valgerður Sverrisdóttir | Minister of Industry | 31 December 1999 | 15 June 2006 | PP | ||
Minister of Commerce | ||||||
Katrín Júlíusdóttir | Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism | 10 May 2009 | 1 September 2012 | SDA | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | |
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir | Minister of Industry and Commerce | 23 May 2013 | 11 January 2017 | IP | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson | |
Minister of Welfare | ||||||
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir | Minister of Health and Social Security | 16 October 1985 | 8 July 1987 | IP | Steingrímur Hermannsson I | |
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Minister of Social Affairs | 8 July 1987 | 24 June 1994 | SDP | ||
Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir | Minister of Social Affairs | 12 November 1994 | 23 April 1995 | SDP | Davíð Oddsson I | |
Ingibjörg Pálmadóttir | Minister of Health and Social Security | 23 April 1995 | 14 April 2001 | PP | Davíð Oddsson II | |
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Minister of Social Affairs | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | SDA | Geir Haarde II | |
Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir | Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security | 1 February 2009 | 10 May 2009 | SDA | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I | |
Álfheiður Ingadóttir | Minister of Health | 1 October 2009 | 2 September 2010 | LGM | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | |
Eygló Harðardóttir | Minister of Social Affairs and Housing | 23 May 2013 | 11 January 2017 | PP | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson |
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- List of cabinets of Iceland
- List of female cabinet ministers of Iceland
(1918–1944)
- Jón Magnússon I (1917–20)
- Jón Magnússon II (1920–22)
- Sigurður Eggerz (1922–24)
- Jón Magnússon III (1924–26)
- Jón Þorláksson (1926–27)
- Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1927–32)
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1932–34)
- Hermann Jónasson I (1934–38)
- Hermann Jónasson II (1938–39)
- Hermann Jónasson III (1939–41)
- Hermann Jónasson IV (1941–42)
- Ólafur Thors I (1942)
- Björn Þórðarson (1942–44)
(1944–present)
- Ólafur Thors II (1944–47)
- Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1947–49)
- Ólafur Thors III (1949–50)
- Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1950–53)
- Ólafur Thors IV (1953–56)
- Hermann Jónasson V (1956–58)
- Emil Jónsson (1958–59)
- Ólafur Thors V (1959–63)
- Bjarni Benediktsson, Sr (1963–70)
- Jóhann Hafstein (1970–71)
- Ólafur Jóhannesson I (1971–74)
- Geir Hallgrímsson (1974–78)
- Ólafur Jóhannesson II (1978–79)
- Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1979–80)
- Gunnar Thoroddsen (1980–83)
- Steingrímur Hermannsson I (1983–87)
- Þorsteinn Pálsson (1987–88)
- Steingrímur Hermannsson II (1988–89)
- Steingrímur Hermannsson III (1989–91)
- Davíð Oddsson I (1991–95)
- Davíð Oddsson II (1995–99)
- Davíð Oddsson III (1999–03)
- Davíð Oddsson IV (2003–04)
- Halldór Ásgrímsson (2004–06)
- Geir Haarde I (2006–07)
- Geir Haarde II (2007–09)
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I (2009)
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II (2009–13)
- Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (2013–16)
- Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (2016–17)
- Bjarni Benediktsson I (2017)
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir I (2017–21)
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir II (2021–24)
- Bjarni Benediktsson II (2024–)