Cabinet Bjarni Benediktsson (2017)

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The Cabinet Bjarni Benediktsson was in the year 2017 from 11 January until the general election of October 28, the government of Iceland . She continued to run the business on a provisional basis until she was replaced by the Katrín Jakobsdóttir cabinet on November 30, 2017 .

It was a coalition of the liberal-conservative Independence Party , which is opposed to Iceland joining the EU, and the EU-friendly liberal parties Viðreisn and Björt framtíð . After the early parliamentary elections on October 29, 2016 , none of the parties initially succeeded in forming a new government coalition. The government of Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson therefore continued to run the business until January 2017. The composition of the new cabinet was announced on January 10th. The coalition had a slim majority of one seat in the Althing.

On the morning of September 15, 2017, it became known that Björt framtíð had decided the previous evening to leave the government coalition, which led to the loss of the majority and the collapse of the government. The reason for Björt framtíð's resignation is a political scandal: The Independence Party is accused of covering up the "restoration of honor" of a convicted sex criminal, for which Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father campaigned. In initial reactions, representatives of the previous coalition partner Viðreisn and the opposition parties, Left-Green Movement and Alliance, spoke out in favor of a new election in October, while the leader of the Píratar faction , Birgitta Jónsdóttir , would have preferred to make a new attempt at forming a government. The new election took place on October 28, 2017, with the parliament not previously dissolved.

Government members

Department minister Period Political party
prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson since January 11, 2017 Independence party
Foreign Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson since January 11, 2017 Independence party
Finances Benedikt Jóhannesson since January 11, 2017 Viðreisn
Welfare Þorsteinn Víglundsson (Social Affairs and Equal Rights) since January 11, 2017 Viðreisn
Óttarr Proppé (Health) since January 11, 2017 Björt framtíð
Interior Sigríður Á. Andersen (Justice) since January 11, 2017 Independence party
Jón Gunnarsson (Transport and Municipalities) since January 11, 2017 Independence party
Education and culture Kristján Þór Júlíusson since January 11, 2017 Independence party
Economy and innovation Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir ( Fisheries and Agriculture ) since January 11, 2017 Viðreisn
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (Tourism, Industry and Innovation) since January 11, 2017 Independence party
Environment and natural resources Björt Ólafsdóttir since January 11, 2017 Björt framtíð

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson: Þetta eru ráðherrarnir í nýrri ríkisstjórn ( Icelandic ) RÚV. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Paul Fontaine: Iceland's New Right-Wing Government To Be Announced Tomorrow ( English ) In: The Reykjavík Grapevine . January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Stigur Helgason: Ríkisstjórnin fallin og kosninga krafist ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b aev / Reuters: Political scandal: Government in Iceland falls apart . In: Spiegel Online . September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ In Iceland a legal instrument that allows people convicted of serious crimes to recover certain lost rights, see: Laws for "restored honor" are 77 years old ( English ) In: Iceland Monitor . mbl.is / Morgunblaðið. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Jelena Ćirić: Prime Minister, Parties React to Government Disbanding ( English ) In: Iceland Review . September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Jelena Ćirić: Elections Confirmed for October 28th ( English ) In: Iceland Review . September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ On May 1, 2017, divided into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Municipalities .