Prime Minister of Iceland

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox official post Template:Politics of Iceland The prime minister of Iceland (Template:Langx) is head of government of the country of Iceland. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.

Constitutional basis

The prime minister is appointed by the president under the Constitution of Iceland, Section II Article 17, and chairs the Cabinet of Iceland:

Template:Lang<ref>Constitution of Iceland (Icelandic version)</ref>

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.<ref>Constitution of Iceland (English version)</ref>

Locations

The prime minister's office is located in the Governing Council (Stjórnarráðið), Reykjavik, where their secretariat is based and where cabinet meetings are held.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The prime minister has a summer residence, Þingvallabær in Þingvellir. The prime minister also has a reception house in Tjarnargata, Reykjavik, which was the prime ministerial residence until 1943.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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  Stjórnarráðið in Reykjavík, the Prime Minister's Office
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  Þingvallabær, the Prime Minister's summer residence

List of officeholders

Home Rule (1904–1918)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Hannes Hafstein Template:Small	1 February 1904	31 March 1909	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Home Rule Party	Deuntzer Christensen I–II Neergaard I	<ref name="Deuntzer">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NeergaardI">Template:Cite web</ref>
2		Björn Jónsson Template:Small	31 March 1909	14 March 1911	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	Neergaard I Holstein-Ledreborg Zahle I Berntsen	<ref name="NeergaardI" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Berntsen">Template:Cite web</ref>
3		Kristján Jónsson Template:Small	14 March 1911	25 July 1912	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Berntsen	<ref name="Berntsen" />
(1)		Hannes Hafstein Template:Small	25 July 1912	21 July 1914	Template:Ayd		Union Party	Berntsen Zahle II	<ref name="Berntsen" /><ref name="ZahleII">Template:Cite web</ref>
4		Sigurður Eggerz Template:Small	21 July 1914	4 May 1915	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	Zahle II	<ref name="ZahleII" />
5		Einar Arnórsson Template:Small	4 May 1915	4 January 1917	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party – Langsum	Zahle II	<ref name="ZahleII" />

Kingdom (1918–1944)

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Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Elected	Cabinet Template:Small	Monarch Template:Small
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
6		Jón Magnússon Template:Small	4 January 1917	7 March 1922	Template:Ayd	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Home Rule Party	[[October 1916 Icelandic parliamentary election|Template:Small 1916]]	Magnússon I Template:Small	Template:Small Template:Small
						1919		Magnússon II Template:Small
(4)		Sigurður Eggerz Template:Small	7 March 1922	22 March 1924	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	–	Eggerz Template:Small
(6)		Jón Magnússon Template:Small	22 March 1924	23 June 1926Template:Natural causes	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Conservative Party	1923	Magnússon III Template:Small
7		Magnús Guðmundsson Template:Small Template:Small	23 June 1926	8 July 1926	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Conservative Party Template:Small	–
8		Jón Þorláksson (1877–1935) Template:Small	8 July 1926	28 August 1927	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Conservative Party	–	Þorláksson Template:Small
9	File:Tryggvi Þórhallson.jpg	Tryggvi Þórhallsson Template:Small	28 August 1927	3 June 1932	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	1927	Þórhallsson Template:Small
						1931
10	File:Asgeir Asgeirsson.jpg	Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Template:Small	3 June 1932	28 July 1934	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	–	Ásgeirsson Template:Small
						1933
11	File:Hermann Jonasson.jpg	Hermann Jónasson Template:Small	28 July 1934	16 May 1942	Template:Ayd	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	1934	Jónasson I Template:Small
						1937		Jónasson II Template:Small
						–		Jónasson III Template:Small
						–		Jónasson IV Template:Small
12	File:Olafur Thors.jpg	Ólafur Thors Template:Small	16 May 1942	16 December 1942	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	[[July 1942 Icelandic parliamentary election|Template:Small 1942]]	Thors I Template:Small
						[[October 1942 Icelandic parliamentary election|Template:Small 1942]]
13	File:Björn Þórðarson.png	Björn Þórðarson Template:Small	16 December 1942	21 October 1944	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	–	Þórðarson

Republic (1944–present)

Political party: Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Elected	Cabinet Template:Small	President(s) Template:Small
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(12)	File:Olafur Thors.jpg	Ólafur Thors Template:Small	21 October 1944	4 February 1947	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	–	Thors II Template:Small	Template:Small File:Sveinn Björnsson.jpg Template:Small
						1946
14	File:Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson.jpg	Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson Template:Small	4 February 1947	6 December 1949	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democratic Party	–	Stefánsson Template:Small
(12)	File:Olafur Thors.jpg	Ólafur Thors Template:Small	6 December 1949	14 March 1950	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	1949	Thors III Template:Small
15	File:Steingrímur Steinþórsson.jpg	Steingrímur Steinþórsson Template:Small	14 March 1950	11 September 1953	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	–	Steinþórsson Template:Small
(12)	File:Olafur Thors.jpg	Ólafur Thors Template:Small	11 September 1953	24 July 1956	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	1953	Thors IV Template:Small	Template:Small File:Iceland President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson. Jerusalem 1966 (D803-058) (cropped).jpg Template:Small
(11)	File:Hermann Jonasson.jpg	Hermann Jónasson Template:Small	24 July 1956	23 December 1958	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	1956	Jónasson V Template:Small
16	File:Emil Jónsson.jpg	Emil Jónsson Template:Small	23 December 1958	20 November 1959	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democratic Party	[[June 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election|Template:Small 1959]]	Jónsson Template:Small
(12)	File:Olafur Thors.jpg	Ólafur Thors Template:Small	20 November 1959	8 September 1961	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	[[October 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election|Template:Small 1959]]	Thors V Template:Small
–	File:Bjarni Benediktsson 1908.jpg	Bjarni Benediktsson Template:Small	8 September 1961	31 December 1961	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	–
(12)	File:Olafur Thors.jpg	Ólafur Thors Template:Small	1 January 1962	14 November 1963	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	–
17	File:Bjarni Benediktsson 1908.jpg	Bjarni Benediktsson Template:Small	14 November 1963	10 July 1970Template:Natural causes	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	1963	Benediktsson Template:Small
						1967		Template:Small File:Kristján Eldjárn (1982).jpg Template:Small
–	File:Jóhann Hafstein.jpg	Jóhann Hafstein Template:Small	10 July 1970	10 October 1970	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party		–	Hafstein Template:Small
18			10 October 1970	14 July 1971	Template:Ayd
19		Ólafur Jóhannesson Template:Small	14 July 1971	28 August 1974	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party		1971	Jóhannesson I Template:Small
20	File:Geir Hallgrímsson (cropped).jpg	Geir Hallgrímsson Template:Small	28 August 1974	1 September 1978	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party		1974	Hallgrímsson Template:Small
(19)		Ólafur Jóhannesson Template:Small	1 September 1978	15 October 1979	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party		1978	Jóhannesson II Template:Small
21		Benedikt Gröndal Template:Small	15 October 1979	8 February 1980	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democratic Party		1979	Sigurðsson Gröndal Template:Small
22		Gunnar Thoroddsen Template:Small	8 February 1980	26 May 1983	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party (*Gunnar's faction)	–	Thoroddsen Template:Small	Template:Small File:Vigdis Finnbogadottir (1985).jpg Template:Small
23	File:Visit of Steingrimur Hermannsson, Icelandic Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg	Steingrímur Hermannsson Template:Small	26 May 1983	8 July 1987	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	1983	Hermannsson I Template:Small
24	File:Þorsteinn Pálsson (cropped).jpeg	Þorsteinn Pálsson Template:Small	8 July 1987	28 September 1988	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	1987	Pálsson Template:Small
(23)	File:Visit of Steingrimur Hermannsson, Icelandic Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg	Steingrímur Hermannsson Template:Small	28 September 1988	30 April 1991	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	–	Hermannsson II Template:Small
						–		Hermannsson III Template:Small
25	File:Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003.jpg	Davíð Oddsson Template:Small	30 April 1991	15 September 2004	Template:Ayd	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	1991	Oddsson I Template:Small
						1995		Oddsson II Template:Small	Template:Small File:Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, September 2011 (cropped).jpeg Template:Small
						1999		Oddsson III Template:Small
						2003		Oddsson IV Template:Small
26	File:Halldor Asgrimsson generalsekreterare Nordiska ministerradet.jpg	Halldór Ásgrímsson Template:Small	15 September 2004	15 June 2006	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	–		Ásgrímsson Template:Small
27	File:Geir H. Haarde Islands utrikesminister (cropped).png	Geir Haarde Template:Small	15 June 2006	1 February 2009	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	–		Haarde I Template:Small
						2007		Haarde II Template:Small
28	File:Johanna sigurdardottir official portrait.jpg	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Template:Small	1 February 2009	23 May 2013	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democratic Alliance	–		Sigurðardóttir I Template:Small
						2009		Sigurðardóttir II Template:Small
29	File:Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 2013.jpg	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Template:Small	23 May 2013	7 April 2016	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	2013		Gunnlaugsson Template:Small
30	File:Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 2016.jpg	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Template:Small	7 April 2016	11 January 2017	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Progressive Party	–	Jóhannsson Template:Small	Template:Small File:Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (cropped).jpg Template:Small
31	File:Bjarni Benediktsson 2016.jpg	Bjarni Benediktsson Template:Small	11 January 2017	30 November 2017	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	2016	Benediktsson I Template:Small
32	File:Katrín Jakobsdóttir 2017.jpg	Katrín Jakobsdóttir Template:Small	30 November 2017	9 April 2024	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Left-Green Movement	2017	Jakobsdóttir I Template:Small
						2021		Jakobsdóttir II Template:Small
(31)	File:Bjarni Benediktsson - 2023 (cropped).jpg	Bjarni Benediktsson Template:Small	9 April 2024	21 December 2024	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independence Party	–	Benediktsson II Template:Small	Template:Small File:Halla Tómasdóttir at Arctic Circle 2024 cropped.jpg Template:Small
33	File:Kristrún Frostadóttir 2021.jpg	Kristrún Frostadóttir Template:Small	21 December 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color " |	Social Democratic Alliance	2024	Frostadóttir Template:Small

See also

• List of rulers of Iceland
• Cabinet of Iceland

External links

• Iceland's Prime Ministers Office