The Minister of Justice in Iceland is the head of the Ministry of Justice and is a member 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 and the cabinet ministers. History The Cabinet of Iceland is considered to have been forme ...

. The Ministry was formed in 2017 and as of 1 February 2022, the Minister is

Jón Gunnarsson Jón Gunnarsson (born 21 September 1956 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician who has been the minister of justice of Iceland since 1 February 2022. He served as minister of the interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister ...

History

The Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs was the head of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, which existed between 1 January 1970 and 1 October 2009. Before the Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969 took effect, ministries in Iceland had not existed separately from the ministers. Between 4 January 1917 and 1 January 1970, the minister responsible for

justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

was titled Minister of Justice and the minister responsible for ecclesiastical affairs was titled Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. In cases where one person was responsible for both, he or she was titled Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. On 1 October 2009, the position became Minister of Justice and Human Rights ( is, Dómsmála- og mannréttindaráðherra) and the ministry itself was renamed accordingly. On 31 December 2010, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government 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" * Ministr ...

. 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.

List of ministers

Minister of Justice (4 January 1917 – 1 January 1970)

Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs (4 January 1917 – 1 January 1970)

Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (1 January 1970 – 1 October 2009)

Minister of Justice and Human Rights (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 ...

Minister of Justice (2017–)

References

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