# Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Iceland)

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 Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson.

## List of ministers
### Ministers for the Environment (23 February 1990 – 1 September 2012)

| Nº | 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 | Davíð Oddsson I |
| 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 | Davíð Oddsson II |
| 6 | Siv Friðleifsdóttir (1962–) | 28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | 5 years, 3 months, 18 days (1937 days) | PP | Davíð Oddsson III |
| 6 | Siv Friðleifsdóttir (1962–) | 23 May 2003 | 15 September 2004 | 5 years, 3 months, 18 days (1937 days) | PP | 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)

| Nº | 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 | 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)

| Nº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet |
| 16 | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (1967–) | 28 November 2021 | 21 December 2024 | 3 years, 23 days (1119 days) | IP | Katrín Jakobsdóttir II |
| 16 | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (1967–) | 28 November 2021 | 21 December 2024 | 3 years, 23 days (1119 days) | IP | Bjarni Benediktsson II |
| 17 | Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson (1992–) | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | 5 days (5 days) | SDA | Kristrún Frostadóttir |