The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the president is the head of state,while the prime minister of Iceland serves as the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament,the Althingi. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Independence Party is a conservative political party in Iceland. It is currently the largest party in the Alþingi,with 17 seats. The chairman of the party is Bjarni Benediktsson and the vice chairman of the party is Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir.
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician,who has been chairman of the Liberal Reform Party since 2017.
Bjarni Benediktsson was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1963 to 1970. His father,Benedikt Sveinsson (1877–1954),was a leader in the independence movement in Iceland and a member of the Althingi from 1908 to 1931.
Björn Bjarnason is an Icelandic politician. His father was Bjarni Benediktsson,Prime Minister of Iceland,Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs and Mayor of Reykjavík.
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson is an Icelandic politician who has been serving as Minister for the Environment,Energy and Climate since 28 November 2021.
Sigmundur DavíðGunnlaugsson is an Icelandic politician who was the prime minister of Iceland from May 2013 until April 2016. He was also chairman of the Progressive Party from 2009 to October 2016. He was elected to the Althing as the 8th member for the Reykjavík North Constituency on 25 April 2009. He has represented the Northeast Constituency as its 1st member since 27 April 2013. Taking office at 38,he was the youngest Icelander to become prime minister.
Katrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from 2017 to 2024 and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 2024.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections,compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties,the Independence Party and Progressive Party,which subsequently formed a coalition government. The parties were eurosceptic and their win brought to a halt partially completed negotiations with the European Union regarding Icelandic membership.
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson is an Icelandic politician,who was the prime minister of Iceland from April 2016 to January 2017. He is the chairman of the Progressive Party and since April 2024,he has served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs,having previously served as Minister of Infrastructure.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 October 2016. They were due to be held on or before 27 April 2017,but following the 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests,the ruling coalition announced that early elections would be held "in autumn".
Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician. She has served as Minister of Food,Fisheries and Agriculture from April 2024 and has been member of the Althing since 2013,representing the North East.
The 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests were a series of protests against the Icelandic government following the release of the Panama Papers.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017,the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father writing a letter recommending a convicted child sex offender have his "honour restored". Bjarni subsequently called for a snap election,which was officially scheduled for 28 October 2017 following the dissolution of the Althing.
Events in the year 2017 in Iceland.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 September 2021 to elect the members of the Althing. Following the elections,the three parties in the ruling coalition government –the Independence Party,Progressive Party and Left-Green Movement –agreed to continue in office,with Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement remaining Prime Minister despite her party being the smallest of the three. It was the first time an incumbent government had retained power in an election since the 2008 financial crisis.
Sigríður Ásthildur Andersen is an Icelandic politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice of Iceland from 2017–2019. She resigned as minister of justice after the European Court of Human Rights found her appointments of judges to the Icelandic court of appeals to be illegal.
Þórdís Kolbrún ReykfjörðGylfadóttir is an Icelandic lawyer and politician of the Independence Party who has served as the minister of foreign affairs since 2024,having previously done so between 2021 and 2023. She also served as finance minister between 2023 and 2024.
Events in the year 2022 in Iceland.
The Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson was formed on 9 April 2024,following the resignation of Katrín Jakobsdóttir to run in the presidential election. The cabinet is led by Bjarni Benediktsson of the Independence Party,who previously served as Prime Minister of Iceland in 2017.
