The Fifth cabinet of Hermann Jónasson in Iceland, nicknamed “The first left government” (), was formed 24 July 1956.

Cabinets

Inaugural cabinet: 24 July 1956 – 3 August 1956 IncumbentMinisterParty Hermann JónassonPrime MinisterPPMinister of CommunicationsMinister of Fisheries Eysteinn JónssonMinister of FinancePP Guðmundur Ívarsson GuðmundssonMinister for Foreign AffairsSDP Gylfi Þorsteinsson GíslasonMinister of Education, Science and CultureSDPMinister of Industry Hannibal Gísli ValdimarssonMinister of Social AffairsPA Lúðvík Aðalsteinn JósepssonMinister of CommercePAMinister of Fisheries

First reshuffle: 3 August 1956 – 17 October 1956 Emil Jónsson replaced Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson as Minister for Foreign Affairs.

IncumbentMinisterParty Hermann JónassonPrime MinisterPPMinister of CommunicationsMinister of Fisheries Eysteinn JónssonMinister of FinancePP Emil JónssonMinister for Foreign AffairsSDP Gylfi Þorsteinsson GíslasonMinister of Education, Science and CultureSDPMinister of Industry Hannibal Gísli ValdimarssonMinister of Social AffairsPA Lúðvík Aðalsteinn JósepssonMinister of CommercePAMinister of Fisheries

Second reshuffle: 17 October 1956 – 23 December 1958 Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson replaced Emil Jónsson as Minister for Foreign Affairs.

IncumbentMinisterParty Hermann JónassonPrime MinisterPPMinister of CommunicationsMinister of Fisheries Eysteinn JónssonMinister of FinancePP Guðmundur Ívarsson GuðmundssonMinister for Foreign AffairsSDP Gylfi Þorsteinsson GíslasonMinister of Education, Science and CultureSDPMinister of Industry Hannibal Gísli ValdimarssonMinister of Social AffairsPA Lúðvík Aðalsteinn JósepssonMinister of CommercePAMinister of Fisheries

See also Government of Iceland Cabinet of Iceland

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