The Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs () is the head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The current Minister of Education and Children's Affairs is Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson.
List of ministers
Minister of Education (16 December 1942 – 1 January 1970) NºMinisterTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyCabinet1 Einar Arnórsson(1880–1955)16 December 194221 September 19441 year, 9 months, 5 days(645 days)IPBjörn Þórðarson2 Björn Þórðarson(1879–1963)21 September 194421 October 19441 month(30 days)N/A3 Brynjólfur Bjarnason(1898–1989)21 October 19444 February 19472 years, 3 months, 14 days(836 days)PUPÓlafur Thors II4 Eysteinn Jónsson(1906–1993)4 February 19476 December 19492 years, 10 months, 2 days(1,036 days)PPStefán Jóhann Stefánsson5 Bjarni Benediktsson(1908–1970)6 December 194914 March 19503 months, 8 days(98 days)IPÓlafur Thors III6 Björn Ólafsson(1895–1974)14 March 195011 September 19533 years, 5 months, 28 days(1,277 days)IPSteingrímur Steinþórsson(5) Bjarni Benediktsson(1908–1970)11 September 195324 July 19562 years, 10 months, 13 days(1047 days)IPÓlafur Thors IV7 Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason(1917–2004)24 July 1956——SDPHermann Jónasson VEmil JónssonÓlafur Thors VBjarni Benediktsson
Minister of Education, Science and Culture (1 January 1970 – 28 November 2021) The Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969, which had been passed by the parliament 28 May 1969, took effect on 1 January 1970. Thus the Cabinet was formally established along with its ministries which had up until then not formally existed separately from the ministers.
NºMinisterTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyCabinet(7) Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason(1917–2004)—14 July 197114 years, 11 months, 20 days(5,468 days)SDPBjarni BenediktssonJóhann Hafstein8 Magnús Torfi Ólafsson(1923–1998)14 July 197128 August 19743 years, 1 month, 14 days(1,141 days)ULLÓlafur Jóhannesson I9 Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson(1914–2014)28 August 19741 September 19784 years, 4 days(1,465 days)PPGeir Hallgrímsson10 Ragnar Arnalds(1938–2022)1 September 197815 October 19791 year, 1 month, 14 days(409 days)PAÓlafur Jóhannesson II11 Vilmundur Gylfason(1948–1983)15 October 19798 February 19803 months, 24 days(116 days)SDPBenedikt Gröndal12 Ingvar Gíslason(1926–2022)8 February 198026 May 19833 years, 3 months, 18 days(1,203 days)PPGunnar Thoroddsen13 Ragnhildur Helgadóttir(1930–2016)26 May 198316 October 19852 years, 4 months, 20 days(874 days)IPSteingrímur Hermannsson I14 Sverrir Hermannsson(1930–2018)16 October 19858 July 19871 year, 8 months, 22 days(630 days)IP15 Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson(1936–2019)8 July 198728 September 19881 year, 2 months, 20 days(448 days)IPÞorsteinn Pálsson16 Svavar Gestsson(1944–2021)28 September 198830 April 19912 years, 7 months, 2 days(944 days)PASteingrímur Hermannsson IISteingrímur Hermannsson III17 Ólafur Garðar Einarsson(1932–2023)30 April 199123 April 19953 years, 11 months, 24 days(1,454 days)IPDavíð Oddsson I18 Björn Bjarnason(1944–)23 April 19952 March 20026 years, 10 months, 7 days(2,505 days)IPDavíð Oddsson IIDavíð Oddsson III19 Tómas Ingi Olrich(1943–)2 March 200231 December 20031 year, 9 months, 29 days(669 days)IPDavíð Oddsson IIIDavíð Oddsson IV20 Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir(1965–)31 December 20031 February 20095 years, 1 month, 1 day(1,859 days)IPDavíð Oddsson IVHalldór ÁsgrímssonGeir Haarde IGeir Haarde II21 Katrín Jakobsdóttir(1976–)1 February 200923 May 20134 years, 3 months, 22 days(1,572 days)LGJóhanna Sigurðardóttir IJóhanna Sigurðardóttir II22 Illugi Gunnarsson(1967–)23 May 201330 November 20173 years, 7 months, 19 days(1,329 days) IPSigmundur Davíð GunnlaugssonSigurður Ingi Jóhannsson23 Kristján Þór Júlíusson(1957–)11 January 201730 November 201710 months, 19 day(323 days)IPBjarni Benediktsson24 Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir(1973–)30 November 201728 November 20213 years, 11 months, 29 days(1459 days)PPKatrín Jakobsdóttir I
Minister of Education and Children's Affairs (28 November 2021 – present) NºMinisterTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyCabinet25 Ásmundur Einar Daðason(1982–) 28 November 2021 21 December 2024 ( days) PPKatrín Jakobsdóttir IIBjarni Benediktsson II26 Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir(1966–)21 December 202420 March 2025PPKristrún Frostadóttir27 Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson(1955–)23 March 202511 January 2026PP28 Inga Sæland(1959–)11 January 2026IncumbentPP
References
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