The Second cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in Iceland, nicknamed “The welfare government” () or “The sixth left government” (), was formed 10 May 2009. The cabinet left office on 23 May 2013.
Cabinets
Inaugural cabinet: 10 May 2009 – 1 October 2009 IncumbentMinisterMinistryParty Jóhanna SigurðardóttirPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeS Árni Páll ÁrnasonMinister of Social Affairs and Social SecurityMinistry of Social Affairs and Social SecurityS Gylfi MagnússonMinister of TradeMinistry of TradeIndependent Jón BjarnasonMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureMinistry of Fisheries and AgricultureV Katrín JakobsdóttirMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureV Katrín JúlíusdóttirMinister of Industry, Energy and TourismMinistry of Industry, Energy and TourismS Kristján L. MöllerMinister of CommunicationsMinistry of CommunicationsS Ögmundur JónassonMinister of HealthMinistry of HealthV Össur SkarphéðinssonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsSRagna ÁrnadóttirMinister of Justice and Ecclesiastical AffairsMinistry of Justice and Ecclesiastical AffairsIndependent Steingrímur J. SigfússonMinister of FinanceMinistry of FinanceV Svandís SvavarsdóttirMinister for the EnvironmentMinistry for the EnvironmentV
First reshuffle: 1 October 2009 – 2 September 2010 The Ministry of Communications (Samgönguráðuneytið) was renamed the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government (Samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðuneytið). The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture was renamed in Icelandic from Menntamálaráðuneytið (lit. Ministry of Education) to Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið (lit. Ministry of Education and Culture) but the English name was unchanged. The Ministry of Trade (Viðskiptaráðuneytið) was renamed Ministry of Economic Affairs (Efnahags- og viðskiptaráðuneytið). The Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytið) was renamed Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Dómsmála- og mannréttindaráðuneytið). Álfheiður Ingadóttir replaced Ögmundur Jónasson as Minister of Health.
IncumbentMinisterMinistryParty Jóhanna SigurðardóttirPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeS Álfheiður IngadóttirMinister of HealthMinistry of HealthV Árni Páll ÁrnasonMinister of Social Affairs and Social SecurityMinistry of Social Affairs and Social SecuritySGylfi MagnússonMinister of Economic AffairsMinistry of Economic AffairsIndependent Jón BjarnasonMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureMinistry of Fisheries and AgricultureV Katrín JakobsdóttirMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureV Katrín JúlíusdóttirMinister of Industry, Energy and TourismMinistry of Industry, Energy and TourismS Kristján L. MöllerMinister of Transport, Communications and Local GovernmentMinistry of Transport, Communications and Local GovernmentS Össur SkarphéðinssonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsSRagna ÁrnadóttirMinister of Justice and Human RightsMinistry of Justice and Human RightsIndependent Steingrímur J. SigfússonMinister of FinanceMinistry of FinanceV Svandís SvavarsdóttirMinister for the EnvironmentMinistry for the EnvironmentV
Second reshuffle: 2 September 2010 – 31 December 2011 Guðbjartur Hannesson replaced Álfheiður Ingadóttir as Minister of Health and Árni Páll Árnason as Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security. Ögmundur Jónasson replaced Kristján L. Möller as Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government and Ragna Árnadóttir as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
IncumbentMinisterMinistryParty Jóhanna SigurðardóttirPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeS Árni Páll ÁrnasonMinister of Economic AffairsMinistry of Economic AffairsS Guðbjartur HannessonMinister of HealthMinistry of HealthSMinister of Social Affairs and Social SecurityMinistry of Social Affairs and Social Security Jón BjarnasonMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureMinistry of Fisheries and AgricultureV Katrín JakobsdóttirMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureV Katrín JúlíusdóttirMinister of Industry, Energy and TourismMinistry of Industry, Energy and TourismS Ögmundur JónassonMinister of Justice and Human RightsMinistry of Justice and Human RightsVMinister of Transport, Communications and Local GovernmentMinistry of Transport, Communications and Local Government Össur SkarphéðinssonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsS Steingrímur J. SigfússonMinister of FinanceMinistry of FinanceV Svandís SvavarsdóttirMinister for the EnvironmentMinistry for the EnvironmentV
Third reshuffle: 31 December 2011 – 23 May 2013 Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir replaced Steingrímur J. Sigfússon as Minister of Finance. Steingrímur J. Sigfússon replaced Árni Páll Árnason as Minister of Economic Affairs and Jón Bjarnason as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.
IncumbentMinisterMinistryParty Jóhanna SigurðardóttirPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeS Guðbjartur HannessonMinister of HealthMinistry of HealthSMinister of Social Affairs and Social SecurityMinistry of Social Affairs and Social Security Katrín JakobsdóttirMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureV Katrín JúlíusdóttirMinister of Industry, Energy and TourismMinistry of Industry, Energy and TourismS Oddný Guðbjörg HarðardóttirMinister of FinanceMinistry of FinanceS Ögmundur JónassonMinister of Justice and Human RightsMinistry of Justice and Human RightsVMinister of Transport, Communications and Local GovernmentMinistry of Transport, Communications and Local Government Össur SkarphéðinssonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsS Steingrímur J. SigfússonMinister of Economic AffairsMinistry of Economic AffairsVMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureMinistry of Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís SvavarsdóttirMinister for the EnvironmentMinistry for the EnvironmentV
Change: 1 January 2011 The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government merged to form the Ministry of the Interior (Innanríkisráðuneytið). The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security merged to form the Ministry of Welfare (Velferðarráðuneytið).
Change: 1 September 2012 The Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism and part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs merged to form the Ministry of Industries and Innovation (Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið), led by Steingrímur J. Sigfússon. The Ministry for the Environment was renamed Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið) and the Ministry of Finance and part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs merged to form the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (Fjármála- og efnahagsráðuneytið), led by Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir.
See also Government of Iceland Cabinet of Iceland
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