The Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson, nicknamed “The DAC government” () or “The Kópavogur government” (), was formed on 11 January 2017, following the 2016 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Bjarni Benediktsson of the Independence Party, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.
The cabinet was a coalition government consisting the Independence Party, Viðreisn and Bright Future. Together they held 32 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland and served as a majority government. In the cabinet, there were eleven ministers where six were from the Independence Party, three were from Viðreisn and two were from Bright Future.New Icelandic Government - government of Mr. Bjarni Benediktsson takes office
The government collapsed in September after Bright Future withdrew following a scandal involving Bjarni and his father, which triggered the 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election.
Cabinet
IncumbentMinisterMinistryParty Bjarni BenediktssonPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeD Guðlaugur Þór ÞórðarsonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsDBenedikt JóhannessonMinister of Finance and Economic AffairsMinistry of Finance and Economic AffairsC Sigríður Ásthildur AndersenMinister of JusticeMinistry of the InteriorD Jón GunnarssonMinister of Transport and Local GovernmentDÞorgerður Katrín GunnarsdóttirMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureMinistry of Industries and InnovationC Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð GylfadóttirMinister of Tourism, Industry and InnovationD Björt ÓlafsdóttirMinister for the Environment and Natural ResourcesMinistry for the Environment and Natural ResourcesA Kristján Þór JúlíussonMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureDÞorsteinn VíglundssonMinister of Social Affairs and EqualityMinistry of WelfareC Óttarr ProppéMinister of HealthA
See also Government of Iceland Cabinet of Iceland
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