Minister of Infrastructure (Iceland)

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 ministry was formed in 2017 and the current minister is Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson.

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History

The Minister of Communications (Icelandic: 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.[1] On 1 October 2009 the position became Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government (Icelandic: 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. 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.[2]

List of ministers

Minister of Communications (20 November 1959 – 1 October 2009)
Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
1 Ingólfur Jónsson
(1909–1984)		 20 November 1959 14 July 1971 11 years, 7 months, 24 days
(4,254 days)		 IP Bjarni Benediktsson
Jóhann Hafstein
2 Hannibal Valdimarsson
(1903–1991)		 14 July 1971 16 July 1973 2 years, 2 days
(733 days)		 ULL Ólafur Jóhannesson I
3 Björn Jónsson
(1916–1985)		 16 July 1973 6 May 1974 9 months, 20 days
(294 days)		 ULL
4 Magnús Torfi Ólafsson
(1915–2003)		 6 May 1974 28 August 1974 3 months, 22 days
(114 days)		 ULL
5 Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson
(1915–2003)		 28 August 1974 1 September 1978 4 years, 4 days
(1,465 days)		 PP Geir Hallgrímsson
6 Ragnar Arnalds
(1938–2022)		 1 September 1978 15 October 1979 1 year, 1 month, 14 days
(409 days)		 PA Ólafur Jóhannesson II
7 Magnús Helgi Magnússon
(1922–2006)		 15 October 1979 8 February 1980 3 months, 24 days
(116 days)		 SDP Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal
8 Steingrímur Hermannsson
(1928–2010)		 8 February 1980 26 May 1983 3 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1,203 days)		 PP Gunnar Thoroddsen
9 Matthías Bjarnason
(1921–2014)		 26 May 1983 8 July 1987 4 years, 1 month, 12 days
(1,504 days)		 IP Steingrímur Hermannsson I
10 Matthías Árni Mathiesen
(1931–2011)		 8 July 1987 28 September 1988 year, 2 months, 20 days
(448 days)		 IP Þorsteinn Pálsson
11 Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
(1955–)		 28 September 1988 30 April 1991 2 years, 7 months, 2 days
(944 days)		 LGM Steingrímur Hermannsson II
Steingrímur Hermannsson III
12 Halldór Blöndal
(1938–)		 30 April 1991 28 May 1999 8 years, 28 days
(2,950 days)		 IP Davíð Oddsson I
Davíð Oddsson II
13 Sturla Böðvarsson
(1945–)		 28 May 1999 24 May 2007 7 years, 11 months, 26 days
(2,918 days)		 IP Davíð Oddsson III
Davíð Oddsson IV
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Geir Haarde I
14 Kristján L. Möller
(1953–)		 24 May 2007 — — SDA Geir Haarde II
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II

Minister of Transport, Communications and Local Government (1 October 2009 – 31 December 2010)
Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(14) Kristján L. Möller
(1953–)		 — 2 September 2010 3 years, 3 months, 9 days
(1,197 days)		 SDA Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
15 Ögmundur Jónasson
(1948–)		 2 September 2010 31 December 2010 3 months, 29 days
(120 days)		 LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II

Minister of the Interior (2011–2017)
See Minister of the Interior (Iceland)

Minister of Transport and Local Government (2017–2021)
Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(14) Jón Gunnarsson
(1956–)		 11 January 2017 30 November 2017 323 days IP Bjarni Benediktsson
15 Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
(1962–)		 30 November 2017 28 November 2021 3 years, 363 days PP Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Minister of Infrastructure (2021–)
Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(15) Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
(1962–)		 28 November 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 333 days PP Katrín Jakobsdóttir II

References
  1. "Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands" [Bill regarding the Cabinet of Iceland.] (PDF). Legal Code (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. Ćirić, Jelena (29 November 2021). "Never More Ministers than in New Government". Iceland Review. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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