Ministry of Interior (Iceland)

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The Icelandic Ministry of the Interior ( Icelandic Innanríkisráðuneyti Íslands or Innanríkisráðuneytið , "The Ministry of the Interior") existed from January 1, 2011 to April 30, 2017. It was based in the Icelandic capital Reykjavík and was created by amalgamating the then Ministry of Justice and Human Rights with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Authorities . On May 1, 2017, it was divided again into the new Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Local Authorities .

history

The first interior minister was Ögmundur Jónasson ( Left-Green Movement ) in the cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II . He was followed on May 23, 2013 by Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir from the Independence Party in the cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson . At the end of August 2014, the Ministry of Justice was separated from the rest of the Ministry of the Interior and Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson also took over the office of Minister of Justice. On November 21, 2014, Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir resigned as Minister of the Interior. On December 4, 2014, Ólöf Nordal (also an Independence Party) was appointed to succeed Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, and the Ministry of Justice was reunited with the Ministry of the Interior. Between Hanna Birna's resignation and the appointment of her successor, Industry Minister Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir was responsible for the Ministry of the Interior.

In the Bjarni Benediktsson cabinet , the duties of the interior minister had been divided between two ministers from the still existing interior ministry since January 11, 2017: Sigríður Á. Andersen was appointed Minister of Justice, while Jón Gunnarsson served as Minister of Transport and Local Authorities. On April 7, 2017, the President of Iceland , Guðni Th. Jóhannesson , approved the restructuring proposal by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson after parliamentary approval , which means that the Ministry of the Interior will become the new Ministry of Justice ( Dómsmálaráðuneytið ) and the Ministry of Transport and Local Authorities on May 1, 2017 ( Samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðuneytið ) was replaced. Initially, the two ministries continued to operate a joint website at the address of the former interior ministry innanrikisraduneyti.is , which, however, has been redirected to the new website of the Icelandic government stjornarradid.is since mid-2017 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the Ministry of the Interior ( English ) Innanríkisráðuneyti Íslands. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c Ný ráðuneyti taka til starfa ( Icelandic ) Dómsmálaráðuneytið / Samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðuneytið. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Nýtt embætti dómsmálaráðherra í innanríkisráðuneyti ( Icelandic ) Innanríkisráðuneytið (Icelandic Ministry of the Interior). August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir: Leak Affair: Interior Minister to Resign Today ( English ) In: Iceland Review . November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir: Ólöf Nordal Iceland's New Interior Minister ( English ) In: Iceland Review . December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  6. ^ Páll Stefánsson: New Interior Minister Announced Tomorrow ( English ) In: Iceland Review . December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ Tveir ráðherrar í innanríkisráðuneyti ( Icelandic ) Innanríkisráðuneytið. January 11, 2017. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved on August 14, 2017.
  8. ^ Vala Hafstað: Iceland's New Government ( English ) In: Iceland Review Online . January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.

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