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Stjórnarráðið in Reykjavik, the Prime Minister's Office

The Prime Minister of Iceland (Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the President and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.

List of Prime Ministers of Iceland

Prime Ministers of The Home rule (1904–1917)

#	Prime Minister	Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Party
1.	Hannes Hafstein		1 February 1904	31 March 1909	HP
2.	Björn Jónsson		31 March 1909	14 March 1911	OIP
3.	Kristján Jónsson		14 March 1911	24 July 1912	No party
(1)	Hannes Hafstein		24 July 1912	21 July 1914	UP
4.	Sigurður Eggerz		21 July 1914	4 May 1915	OIP
5.	Einar Arnórsson		4 May 1915	4 January 1917	OIP þversum

Prime Ministers of Iceland (1917–present)

#	Prime Minister	Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Party	Age
1.	Jón Magnússon		4 January 1917	7 March 1922	Home Rule Party	57
2.	Sigurður Eggerz		7 March 1922	22 March 1924	Old Independence Party	47
(1)	Jón Magnússon		22 March 1924	23 June 1926	Conservative Party	65
3.	Magnús Guðmundsson (acting)		23 June 1926	8 July 1926	Conservative Party	47
4.	Jón Þorláksson		8 July 1926	28 August 1927	Conservative Party	49
5.	Tryggvi Þórhallsson		28 August 1927	3 June 1932	Progressive Party	38
6.	Ásgeir Ásgeirsson		3 June 1932	28 July 1934	Progressive Party	38
7.	Hermann Jónasson		28 July 1934	16 May 1942	Progressive Party	37
8.	Ólafur Thors		16 May 1942	16 December 1942	Independence Party	50
9.	Björn Þórðarson		16 December 1942	21 October 1944	Independent	63
(8)	Ólafur Thors		21 October 1944	4 February 1947	Independence Party	52
10.	Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson		4 February 1947	6 December 1949	Social Democratic Party	52
(8)	Ólafur Thors		6 December 1949	14 March 1950	Independence Party	57
11.	Steingrímur Steinþórsson		14 March 1950	11 September 1953	Progressive Party	57
(8)	Ólafur Thors		11 September 1953	24 July 1956	Independence Party	61
(7)	Hermann Jónasson		24 July 1956	23 December 1958	Progressive Party	59
12.	Emil Jónsson		23 December 1958	20 November 1959	Social Democratic Party	56
(8)	Ólafur Thors		20 November 1959	14 November 1963	Independence Party	67
13.	Bjarni Benediktsson		14 November 1963	10 July 1970	Independence Party	55
14.	Jóhann Hafstein		10 July 1970	14 July 1971	Independence Party	54
15.	Ólafur Jóhannesson		14 July 1971	28 August 1974	Progressive Party	58
16.	Geir Hallgrímsson		28 August 1974	1 September 1978	Independence Party	48
(15)	Ólafur Jóhannesson		1 September 1978	15 October 1979	Progressive Party	65
17.	Benedikt Gröndal		15 October 1979	8 February 1980	Social Democratic Party	55
18.	Gunnar Thoroddsen		8 February 1980	26 May 1983	Independence Party	69
19.	Steingrímur Hermannsson		26 May 1983	8 July 1987	Progressive Party	54
20.	Þorsteinn Pálsson		8 July 1987	28 September 1988	Independence Party	39
(19)	Steingrímur Hermannsson		28 September 1988	30 April 1991	Progressive Party	60
21.	Davíð Oddsson		30 April 1991	15 September 2004	Independence Party	43
22.	Halldór Ásgrímsson		15 September 2004	15 June 2006	Progressive Party	57
23.	Geir Haarde		15 June 2006	1 February 2009	Independence Party	55
24.	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir		1 February 2009	Incumbent	Social Democratic Alliance	66

Note about Magnús Guðmundsson: Jón Magnússon died 23 June 1926. Magnús Guðmundsson acted as PM until Jón Þorláksson could be reached. Officially the third cabinet of Jón Magnússon is said to have been in office until 8 July 1926, but as the PM was dead, it seemed proper to include the acting PM in the list.

Abbreviations

Current Political Parties

• SDA: Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).
• LGM: Left-Green Movement (Vinstri hreyfingin - grænt framboð)
• PP: The Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn).
• IP: Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn).
• M: Movement (Hreyfingin

Former Political Parties

• CiP: Citizens' Party (Borgaraflokkurinn). Extinct.
• CP: Conservative Party (Íhaldsflokkurinn). Extinct.
• HP: Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn). Extinct.
• LL: Association of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna). Extinct.
• OIP: The old Independence Party (no relation to the current one). OIP langsum and OIP þversum denote two fractions that split the party at one time. Extinct.
• PA: The People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið). Extinct.
• SD: Social Democrats (Alþýðuflokkurinn). Extinct.
• SP: Socialists (Sósíalistaflokkurinn). Extinct.
• UP: Union Party (Sambandsflokkurinn). Extinct.

See also

• List of Icelandic rulers

External links

• Iceland's Prime Ministers Office
• Iceland's 2008-2009 financial crisis