The Second cabinet of

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, she was appointed as Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social ...

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

, nicknamed “''The welfare government''” () or “''The sixth left government''” (), was formed 10 May 2009. The cabinet left office on 23 May 2013.

Cabinets

Inaugural cabinet: 10 May 2009 – 1 October 2009

First reshuffle: 1 October 2009 – 2 September 2010

The

Ministry of Communications A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities include regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. The ...

(''Samgönguráðuneytið'') was renamed the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government (''Samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðuneytið''). The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture was renamed in Icelandic from ''Menntamálaráðuneytið'' (lit. Ministry of Education) to ''Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið'' (lit. Ministry of Education and Culture) but the English name was unchanged. The Ministry of Trade (''Viðskiptaráðuneytið'') was renamed Ministry of Economic Affairs (''Efnahags- og viðskiptaráðuneytið''). The Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (''Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytið'') was renamed Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (''Dómsmála- og mannréttindaráðuneytið''). Álfheiður Ingadóttir replaced Ögmundur Jónasson as

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

Second reshuffle: 2 September 2010 – 31 December 2011

Guðbjartur Hannesson Guðbjartur Hannesson (3 June 1950 – 23 October 2015) was an Icelandic politician and was welfare minister. He was affiliated with the Social Democratic Alliance (''Samfylkingin''). He won a seat in parliament for the Social Democratic Allia ...

replaced Álfheiður Ingadóttir as

and

Árni Páll Árnason Árni Páll Árnason (born 23 May 1966) is Vice-President and a member of the College of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, responsible for Competition, Energy, Environment, Transport, Food Safety, Free movement of goods, Public undertakings an ...

as Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security. Ögmundur Jónasson replaced Kristján L. Möller as Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government and

Ragna Árnadóttir Ragna Árnadóttir (born 30 August 1966) is an Icelandic lawyer, politician and former Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Iceland. She previously served as the acting office manager of the Prime Minister's Office from 15 January ...

as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.

Third reshuffle: 31 December 2011 – 23 May 2013

Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir replaced

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Steingrímur Jóhann Sigfússon (born 4 August 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He has been a member of the Althing (Icelandic parliament) since 1983 and was the founding chairman of the Left-Green Movement (''Vinstri hreyfingin – grænt fra ...

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

replaced

as Minister of Economic Affairs and Jón Bjarnason as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.

Change: 1 January 2011

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government merged to form the

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

(''Innanríkisráðuneytið''). The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security merged to form the Ministry of Welfare (''Velferðarráðuneytið'').

Change: 1 September 2012

The Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism and part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs merged to form the Ministry of Industries and Innovation (''Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið''), led by

. The Ministry for the Environment was renamed Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (''Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið'') and the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

and part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs merged to form the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (''Fjármála- og efnahagsráðuneytið''), led by Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir.

References

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