Prime Minister of Iceland

The prime minister of Iceland () is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president.

List of previous prime ministers
Home Rule (1904–1918)

Political party:

NoPortraitNameTook officeLeft officeParty70pxHannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein1 February 190431 March 1909Home Rule Party70pxBjörn Jónsson31 March 190914 March 1911Independence Party70pxKristján Jónsson14 March 191124 July 1912Independent70pxHannes Hafstein24 July 191221 July 1914Union Party70pxSigurður Eggerz21 July 19144 May 1915Independence Party70pxEinar Arnórsson4 May 19154 January 1917Independence Party(Langsum)

Kingdom (1918–1944)

Political party:

No.PortraitNameTerm  of officePolitical PartyCabinetElection#Took OfficeLeft OfficeDays170pxJón Magnússon14 January 191725 February 1920Home Rule PartyHP–IP–PP225 February 19207 March 1922HP–others270pxSigurður Eggerz•7 March 192222 March 1924Independence PartyIP–others(1)70pxJón Magnússon322 March 192423 June 1926 Conservative PartyCP370pxMagnús Guðmundsson(1879–1937)23 June 19268 July 1926Conservative Party470pxJón Þorláksson(1877–1935)•8 July 192628 August 1927Conservative PartyCP570pxTryggvi Þórhallsson•28 August 19273 June 1932Progressive PartyPP670pxÁsgeir Ásgeirsson•3 June 193228 July 1934Progressive PartyPP–IP–Peasants770pxHermann Jónasson128 July 19342 April 1938Progressive PartyPP–SDP22 April 193817 April 1939PP317 April 193918 November 1941PP–IP–SDP418 November 194116 May 1942PP–IP–SDP870pxÓlafur Tryggvason Thors116 May 194216 December 1942Independence PartyIP970pxBjörn Þórðarson•16 December 194221 October 1944Independent—

Republic (1944–present)

Political party:

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical PartyCabinetElectionPresident(term) # Took Office Left Office Days (12) frameless|95x95px Ólafur Thors 2 1944 1947  Independence PartyIP–SDP–SP70px 14 frameless|102x102px Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson 1 1947 1949  Social Democratic Party (12) frameless|95x95px Ólafur Thors 3 1949 1950  Independence Party IP 15 70px Steingrímur Steinþórsson 1 1950 1953  Progressive PartyPP–IP (12) frameless|95x95px Ólafur Thors 4 1953 1956  Independence Partyframeless|99x99px (11) 70px Hermann Jónasson 5 1956 1958  Progressive Party PP–SDP–PA 16 70px Emil Jónsson 1 1958 1959  Social Democratic Party SDP (12) frameless|95x95px Ólafur Thors5 1959 1961  Independence PartyIP–SDP 17 70px Bjarni Benediktsson 1961 1961  Independence Party (12) frameless|95x95px Ólafur Thors 1962 1963  Independence Party(17)70pxBjarni Benediktsson119631970Independence Party70px 18 70px Jóhann Hafstein 1 1970 1971  Independence Party 19  Ólafur Jóhannesson 1 1971 1974  Progressive Party PP–PA–LL 20 frameless|93x93px Geir Hallgrímsson 1 1974 1978  Independence Party IP–PP (19)  Ólafur Jóhannesson 2 1978 1979  Progressive Party PP–PA 21  Benedikt Gröndal 1 1979 1980  Social Democratic Party SDP 22 Gunnar Thoroddsen 1 1980 1983  Independence Party(*Gunnar's faction) IP*–PP–PA70px 23 70px Steingrímur Hermannsson 1 1983 1987  Progressive Party PP–IP 24 70px Þorsteinn Pálsson 1 1987 1988  Independence Party IP–PP–SDP(23)70pxSteingrímur Hermannsson219881991Progressive PartyPP–SDP–PA 3 PP–SDP–PA–CiP25115x115pxDavíð Oddsson119912004Independence Party IP–SDP2IP–PP70px 3 4 26 frameless|105x105px Halldór Ásgrímsson 1 2004 2006  Progressive Party2770pxGeir Haarde 120062009Independence Party 2 IP–SDA28frameless|93x93pxJóhanna Sigurðardóttir 120092013Social Democratic AllianceSDA–LGM 2 29 frameless|97x97px Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 1 2013 2016  Progressive PartyPP–IP 30 frameless|97x97px Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 1 2016 2017  Progressive Party70px 31 frameless|97x97px Bjarni Benediktsson 1 2017 2017  Independence Party IP–RP–BF32frameless|97x97pxKatrín Jakobsdóttir 120172024Left-Green MovementLGM–IP–PP 2 (31) frameless|97x97px Bjarni Benediktsson 2 20242024  Independence Party frameless|81x81px33 frameless|97x97px Kristrún Frostadóttir 1 2024 Incumbent  Social Democratic Alliance SDA–RP–PP

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