The First cabinet of

Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson (1 March 1913 – 20 May 1984) was the prime minister of Iceland for the Progressive Party on two occasions. He was a member of the Progressive Party, serving as party chairman during the 1970s. Career Ólafur was educat ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

was formed 14 July 1971.

Cabinets

Inaugural cabinet: 14 July 1971 – 16 July 1973

First reshuffle: 16 July 1973 – 6 May 1974

Björn Jónsson Björn Jónsson (8 October 1846 – 24 November 1912) was minister for Iceland from 31 March 1909 to 14 March 1911. He was the father of Sveinn Björnsson, the only regent of Iceland and first president of Iceland. Björn became Minister for I ...

replaced

Hannibal Valdimarsson Hannibal Gísli Valdimarsson (13 January 1903 – 1 September 1991) was an Icelandic politician. Parliament He was a member of parliament from 1946 to 1959 for the Social Democratic Party and People's Alliance and then from 1963 to 1974 for th ...

as Minister of Communications and Minister of Social Affairs.

Second reshuffle: 6 May 1974 – 28 August 1974

Magnús Torfi Ólafsson Magnús Torfi Ólafsson (5 May 1923 – 3 November 1998) was an Icelandic politician and former minister for social affairs from May to August 1974. External links Non auto-biography of Magnús Torfi Ólafsson on the parliament website ...