Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Iceland)

Summary

The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Icelandic: Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources. The current Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources is Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson.[1]

List of ministers edit

Ministers for the Environment (23 February 1990 – 1 September 2012) edit

Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
1   Edvard Júlíus Sólnes
(1937–)
23 February 1990 30 April 1991 1 year, 2 months, 7 days
(431 days)
CP Steingrímur Hermannsson III
2   Eiður Svanberg Guðnason
(1939–2017)
30 April 1991 14 June 1993 2 years, 1 month, 15 days
(776 days)
SDP Davíð Oddsson I
3   Össur Skarphéðinsson
(1953–)
14 June 1993 23 April 1995 1 year, 10 months, 9 days
(678 days)
SDP
4   Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason
(1944–)
23 April 1995 11 May 1999 4 years, 18 days
(1479 days)
PP Davíð Oddsson II
5   Halldór Ásgrímsson
(1947–2015)
11 May 1999 28 May 1999 17 days
(17 days)
PP
6   Siv Friðleifsdóttir
(1962–)
28 May 1999 23 May 2003 5 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1937 days)
PP Davíð Oddsson III
23 May 2003 15 September 2004 Davíð Oddsson IV
7   Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir
(1946–)
15 September 2004 15 June 2006 1 year, 9 months
(638 days)
IP Halldór Ásgrímsson
8   Jónína Bjartmarz
(1952–)
15 June 2006 24 May 2007 11 months, 9 days
(343 days)
PP Geir Haarde I
9   Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
(1965–)
24 May 2007 1 February 2009 1 year, 8 months, 8 days
(619 days)
SDA Geir Haarde II
10   Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
(1955–)
1 February 2009 10 May 2009 3 months, 9 days
(98 days)
LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
11   Svandís Svavarsdóttir
(1964–)
10 May 2009 LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II

Ministers for the Environment and Natural Resources (1 September 2012 – 28 November 2021) edit

Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(11)   Svandís Svavarsdóttir
(1964–)
23 May 2013 4 years, 13 days
(1,474 days)
LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
12   Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
(1962–)
23 May 2013 31 December 2014 1 year, 7 months, 8 days
(587 days)
PP Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
13   Sigrún Magnúsdóttir
(1944–)
31 December 2014 11 January 2017 2 years, 11 days
(742 days)
PP
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
14   Björt Ólafsdóttir
(1983–)
11 January 2017 30 November 2017 10 months, 19 days
(323 days)
BF Bjarni Benediktsson
15   Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
(1977–)
30 November 2017 28 November 2021 5 years, 339 days
(1,459 days)
LGM Katrín Jakobsdóttir I

Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate (28 November 2021 – present) edit

Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
16   Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
(1967–)
28 November 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 142 days
(872 days)
IND Katrín Jakobsdóttir II

References edit

  1. ^ "Government Offices of Iceland | Government.is". www.government.is. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

External links edit

  • Official website (in English)
  • Official website (in Icelandic)