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 prime minister of Iceland () is head of government of the Republic of Iceland. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president of Iceland, president and exercises executive authority along with the Cabinet of Iceland, cabinet subje ...

. The cabinet was a

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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

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. 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.

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