The Minister of Infrastructure in Iceland is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure (formerly known as the Ministry of Transport and Local Government) and forms a part of the
Cabinet of Iceland
The Cabinet of Iceland ( is, Stjórnarráð Íslands) is the collective decision-making body of the government of Iceland, composed of the Prime Minister of Iceland, Prime Minister and the Minister (government), cabinet ministers.
History
The Ca ...
. The ministry was formed in 2017 and the current minister is
.
History
The Minister of Communications ( is, Samgönguráðherra) was a cabinet position which existed between 20 November 1959 and 1 October 2009. The Minister of Communications existed alongside the minister after 1 January 1970 when the Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969 took effect since ministries had not formally existed separately from the ministers. On 1 October 2009 the position became Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government ( is, Samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðherra) and the ministry itself was also renamed accordingly.
On 31 December 2010 the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government was merged with the
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to form the
Ministry of the Interior
An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs.
Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
* Ministry ...
. On 1 May 2017 the Ministry of the Interior was again split up into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Local Government. On 28 November 2021, the position changed its name to Minister of Infrastructure due to the renaming of the Ministry.
List of ministers
Minister of Communications (20 November 1959 – 1 October 2009)
Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government (1 October 2009 – 31 December 2010)
Minister of the Interior (2011–2017)
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Minister of the Interior (Iceland)
The Minister of the Interior ( is, Innanríkisráðherra) was the head of Iceland's Ministry of the Interior ( is, Innanríkisráðuneyti Íslands) from 2011 to 2017.
The Ministry of the Interior was created on 1 January 2011 as the result of t ...
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Minister of Transport and Local Government (2017–2021)
Minister of Infrastructure (2021–)
References
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Communications
Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...