The First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir, nicknamed “The covid government” (), was formed on 30 November 2017, following the 2017 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.
The cabinet was a coalition government consisting the Independence Party, the Left-Green Movement and the Progressive Party. Together they held 33 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland (i.e. Althing; ) and served as a majority government. In the cabinet, there were eleven ministers, where five were from the Independence Party, three were from the Left-Green Movement and three were from the Progressive Party. After the election in 2017 the parties had 35 seats in the parliament, but since then two MPs have left the Left-Green Movement.
Cabinet
Cabinet memberMinisterMinistryParty Katrín JakobsdóttirPrime MinisterPrime Minister's OfficeV Guðlaugur Þór ÞórðarsonMinister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign AffairsD Bjarni BenediktssonMinister of Finance and Economic AffairsMinistry of Finance and Economic AffairsD Sigurður Ingi JóhannssonMinister of Transport and Local GovernmentMinistry of Transport and Local GovernmentB Sigríður Á. Andersen (until 14 March 2019)Minister of JusticeMinistry of JusticeDÞórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (interim)DÁslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir (from 15 September 2019)D Þórdís Kolbrún R. GylfadóttirMinister of Tourism, Industry and InnovationMinistry of Industries and InnovationD Kristján Þór JúlíussonMinister of Fisheries and AgricultureD Guðmundur Ingi GuðbrandssonMinister for the Environment and Natural ResourcesMinistry for the Environment and Natural ResourcesV Lilja Dögg AlfreðsdóttirMinister of Education, Science and CultureMinistry of Education, Science and CultureB Ásmundur Einar DaðasonMinister of Social Affairs and EqualityMinistry of WelfareB Svandís SvavarsdóttirMinister of HealthV
See also
Government of Iceland Cabinet of Iceland
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