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. She became active in the trade union movement, serving as an officer.
Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, ...
in
Iceland
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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
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(''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
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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
Álfheiður Ingadóttir (born 1 May 1951) is an Icelandic politician, a former member of the Althing for the Left-Green Movement, Deputy Speaker, and Minister of Health.
Early life and education
Álfheiður was born in Reykjavík; her parent ...
replaced
Ögmundur Jónasson
Ögmundur Jónasson (born 17 July 1948) is an Icelandic politician who has served as a member of Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, since 1995. He is currently the Chairman of the Parliament’s Constitutional and Supervisory Committee and is ...
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 and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Coun ...
.
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
Álfheiður Ingadóttir (born 1 May 1951) is an Icelandic politician, a former member of the Althing for the Left-Green Movement, Deputy Speaker, and Minister of Health.
Early life and education
Álfheiður was born in Reykjavík; her parent ...
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 and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Coun ...
and
Árni Páll Árnason
Árni Páll Árnason (born 23 May 1966) is a member of thCollegeof the EFTA Surveillance Authority, responsible for Free movement of goods, Competition, Public undertakings and Monopolies, Energy, Environment, Transport, Public procurement. He ...
as
Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security.
Ögmundur Jónasson
Ögmundur Jónasson (born 17 July 1948) is an Icelandic politician who has served as a member of Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, since 1995. He is currently the Chairman of the Parliament’s Constitutional and Supervisory Committee and is ...
replaced
Kristján L. Möller
Kristján Lúðvík Möller (born 26 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician. He has been Iceland's Minister of Communications from 2007 to 2010, and a member of the Althing
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as
Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government and
Ragna Árnadóttir 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 fram ...
as
Minister of Finance
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.
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 fram ...
replaced
Árni Páll Árnason
Árni Páll Árnason (born 23 May 1966) is a member of thCollegeof the EFTA Surveillance Authority, responsible for Free movement of goods, Competition, Public undertakings and Monopolies, Energy, Environment, Transport, Public procurement. He ...
as
Minister of Economic Affairs and
Jón Bjarnason
Jón Bjarnason (born 26 December 1943) is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 1999 to 2013. An agronomist by training, he served as Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture (Iceland), Minister of Fisheries a ...
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
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(''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
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 fram ...
. The
Ministry for the Environment was renamed
Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (''Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið'') and the
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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.
See also
*
Government of Iceland
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*
Cabinet of Iceland
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History
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