# Minister for Foreign Affairs (Iceland)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Icelandic: Utanríkisráðherra) is the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir.

## List of ministers
### Minister for Foreign Affairs (18 November 1941 – 1 January 1970)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Term | Term | Political party | Cabinet |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet |
| 1 | | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980) | 18 November 1941 | 17 January 1942 | 60 days | Social Democratic | Jónasson IV |
| No minister in office between 17 January 1942 and 16 May 1942. ||||||||
| 2 | | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) | 16 May 1942 | 16 December 1942 | 214 days | Independence | Thors I |
| 3 | | Vilhjálmur Þór (1899–1972) | 16 December 1942 | 21 October 1944 | 1 year, 310 days | Independent | Þórðarson |
| (2) | | Ólafur Thors (1892–1964) | 21 October 1944 | 4 February 1947 | 2 years, 106 days | Independence | Thors II |
| 4 | | Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) | 4 February 1947 | 11 September 1953 | 6 years, 219 days | Independence | Stefánsson Thors III Steinþórsson |
| 5 | | Kristinn Guðmundsson (1897–1982) | 11 September 1953 | 24 July 1956 | 2 years, 317 days | Progressive | Thors IV |
| 6 | | Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (1909–1987) | 24 July 1956 | 3 August 1956 | 10 days | Social Democratic | Jónasson V |
| 7 | | Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) | 3 August 1956 | 17 October 1956 | 75 days | Social Democratic | Jónasson V |
| (6) | | Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (1909–1987) | 17 October 1956 | 31 August 1965 | 8 years, 318 days | Social Democratic | Jónasson V Jónsson Thors V Benediktsson |
| (7) | | Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) | 31 August 1965 | 1 January 1970 | 4 years, 123 days | Social Democratic | Benediktsson |

### Minister for Foreign Affairs (1 January 1970 – present)

The Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969, which had been passed by the parliament 28 May 1969, took effect on 1 January 1970. Thus the Cabinet was formally established along with its ministries which had up until then not formally existed separately from the ministers.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Term | Term | Political party | Cabinet |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet |
| (7) | | Emil Jónsson (1902–1986) | 1 January 1970 | 14 July 1971 | 1 year, 194 days | Social Democratic | Benediktsson Hafstein |
| 8 | | Einar Ágústsson (1922–1986) | 14 July 1971 | 1 September 1978 | 7 years, 49 days | Progressive | Jóhannesson I Hallgrímsson |
| 9 | | Benedikt Gröndal (1924–2010) | 1 September 1978 | 8 February 1980 | 1 year, 160 days | Social Democratic | Jóhannesson II Gröndal |
| 10 | | Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913–1984) | 8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 3 years, 107 days | Progressive | Thoroddsen |
| 11 | | Geir Hallgrímsson (1925–1990) | 26 May 1983 | 24 January 1986 | 2 years, 243 days | Independence | Hermannsson I |
| 12 | | Matthías Árni Mathiesen (1931–2011) | 24 January 1986 | 8 July 1987 | 1 year, 165 days | Independence | Hermannsson I |
| 13 | | Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928–2010) | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 1 year, 82 days | Progressive | Pálsson |
| 14 | | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (born 1939) | 28 September 1988 | 23 April 1995 | 6 years, 207 days | Social Democratic | Hermannsson II–III Oddsson I |
| 15 | | Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015) | 23 April 1995 | 15 September 2004 | 9 years, 145 days | Progressive | Oddsson II–III–IV |
| 16 | | Davíð Oddsson (born 1948) | 15 September 2004 | 27 September 2005 | 1 year, 12 days | Independence | Ásgrímsson |
| 17 | | Geir Haarde (born 1951) | 27 September 2005 | 15 June 2006 | 261 days | Independence | Ásgrímsson |
| 18 | | Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (born 1950) | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | 343 days | Progressive | Haarde I |
| 19 | | Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (born 1954) | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | 1 year, 253 days | Social Democratic | Haarde II |
| 20 | | Össur Skarphéðinsson (born 1953) | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 111 days | Social Democratic | Sigurðardóttir I–II |
| 21 | | Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (born 1968) | 23 May 2013 | 7 April 2016 | 2 years, 320 days | Progressive | Gunnlaugsson |
| 22 | | Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (born 1973) | 7 April 2016 | 11 January 2017 | 279 days | Progressive | Jóhannsson |
| 23 | | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (born 1967) | 11 January 2017 | 28 November 2021 | 4 years, 321 days | Independence | Benediktsson I Jakobsdóttir |
| 24 | | Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (born 1987) | 28 November 2021 | 14 October 2023 | 1 year, 320 days | Independence | Jakobsdóttir II |
| 25 | | Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) | 14 October 2023 | 9 April 2024 | 178 days | Independence | Jakobsdóttir II |
| (24) | | Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (born 1987) | 9 April 2024 | 21 December 2024 | 256 days | Independence | Benediktsson II |
| 26 | | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 1965) | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | 2 days | Viðreisn | Frostadóttir |