Cabinet Katrín Jakobsdóttir

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The Katrín Jakobsdóttir cabinet has been the current government of Iceland since November 30, 2017 . It is a coalition of the left-green movement , the liberal-conservative independence party and the progress party , a Nordic agricultural party .

After the early parliamentary election on October 28, 2017 , President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson had the chairman of the left-green movement, Katrín Jakobsdóttir , initially the mandate for coalition talks with the aim of a four-party coalition of left-greeners, the Icelandic pirate party Píratar , granted by the Social Democratic Alliance and the Progressive Party. The negotiations for a coalition with this composition were declared to have failed on November 6th. As a result, Katrín Jakobsdóttir conducted successful negotiations with the Progressive Party and the Independence Party, whose chairman Bjarni Benediktsson was Prime Minister of the previous government and has now received the post of Finance Minister, which he already holds in the cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and the subsequent interim government of Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson would have.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir's collaboration with the Independence Party has met with resistance from parts of the left-green movement. Two left-green parliamentarians, Andrés Ingi Jónsson and Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir , had voted against the coalition talks but decided to remain in the group. The coalition has a majority of 35 of the 63 seats in the Althing . As a result, Andrés and Rósa declared their basic support for the government of Katrín Jakobsdóttir, but left it open whether they would always vote with the parliamentary group. The coalition would also have a majority with 33 votes.

Government members

Department minister Period Political party annotation
prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir since November 30, 2017 Left-Green Movement Leader of the Left-Green Movement
Foreign Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson since November 30, 2017 Independence party In the same position in Bjarni Benediktsson's cabinet since January 11, 2017
Finances Bjarni Benediktsson since November 30, 2017 Independence party Chairman of the Independence Party
Welfare Ásmundur Einar Daðason (Social Affairs and Equal Rights) since November 30, 2017 Progress party
Svandís Svavarsdóttir (Health) since November 30, 2017 Left-Green Movement
Judiciary Sigríður Á. Andersen November 30, 2017 - March 13, 2019 Independence party In the same position in Bjarni Benediktsson's cabinet since January 11, 2017
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir March 14 - September 5, 2019 Independence party Temporarily in addition to the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Innovation
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir since September 6, 2019 Independence party
Transport and municipalities Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson since November 30, 2017 Progress party Chairman of the Progress Party
Education and culture Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir since November 30, 2017 Progress party
Economy and innovation Kristján Þór Júlíusson ( Fisheries and Agriculture ) since November 30, 2017 Independence party
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (Tourism, Industry and Innovation) since November 30, 2017 Independence party In the same position in Bjarni Benediktsson's cabinet since January 11, 2017
Environment and natural resources Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson since November 30, 2017 Left-Green Movement Does not belong to the Althing

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Geir Finnsson: Four Party Coalition Talks Disbanded ( English ) In: Iceland Review . November 6, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Stigur Helgason: Andrés og Rósa Verda Afram í þingflokknum ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Danica Kirka: Left Green leader made head of Iceland's new government ( English ) In: ABC News . 2017-30-11. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ Stigur Helgason: Taka afstöðu til Mála eftir sinni sannfæringu ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.