Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland)

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs () is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 18 November 1941. The ministry is responsible for foreign policy, diplomatic missions, trade, foreign aid, and interactions with international organizations among other tasks.

The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also responsible for national security and defense policy for Iceland.

List of Ministers The following lists the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.

Key

Portrait Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson SDP Hermann Jónasson IV Ólafur Thors IP Ólafur Thors I Independent Björn Þórðarson Ólafur Thors IP Ólafur Thors II Bjarni Benediktsson IP Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson Ólafur Thors III Steingrímur Steinþórsson Kristinn Guðmundsson PP Ólafur Thors IV Guðmundur Í. Guðmundsson SDP Hermann Jónasson V Emil Jónsson SDP Hermann Jónasson V Guðmundur Í. Guðmundsson SDP Hermann Jónasson V Emil Jónsson Ólafur Thors V Bjarni Benediktsson (1908) Emil Jónsson SDP Bjarni Benediktsson (1908) Jóhann Hafstein Einar Ágústsson PP Ólafur Jóhannesson I Geir Hallgrímsson Benedikt Gröndal SDP Ólafur Jóhannesson II Benedikt Gröndal Ólafur Jóhannesson PP Gunnar Thoroddsen Geir Hallgrímsson IP Steingrímur Hermannsson I Matthías Á. Mathiesen IP Steingrímur Hermannsson I Steingrímur Hermannsson PP Þorsteinn Pálsson Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson SDP Steingrímur HermannssonHalldór Ásgrímsson PP Davíð Oddsson Davíð Oddsson IP | Halldór Ásgrímsson

See also

Foreign Affairs Committee Foreign relations of Iceland

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