Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Iceland)

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The Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Icelandic: Mennta- og menningarmálaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The current Minister of Education, Science and Culture is Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir.[1]

List of ministers[]

Minister of Education (16 December 1942 – 1 January 1970)[]

Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
1 EinarArnorsson.jpg Einar Arnórsson
(1880–1955) 		16 December 1942 21 September 1944 1 year, 9 months, 5 days
(645 days) 		IP Björn Þórðarson
2 Björn Þórðarson.png Björn Þórðarson
(1879–1963) 		21 September 1944 21 October 1944 1 month
(30 days) 		N/A
3 Brynjólfur Bjarnason.jpg Brynjólfur Bjarnason
(1898–1989) 		21 October 1944 4 February 1947 2 years, 3 months, 14 days
(836 days) 		PUP
4 1x1 placeholder.png Eysteinn Jónsson
(1906–1993) 		4 February 1947 6 December 1949 2 years, 10 months, 2 days
(1,036 days) 		PP
5 Bjarni Benediktsson 1908.jpg Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970) 		6 December 1949 14 March 1950 3 months, 8 days
(98 days) 		IP
6 1x1 placeholder.png
(1895–1974) 		14 March 1950 11 September 1953 3 years, 5 months, 28 days
(1,277 days) 		IP
(5) Bjarni Benediktsson 1908.jpg Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970) 		11 September 1953 24 July 1956 2 years, 10 months, 13 days
(1047 days) 		IP
7 Gylfi Gíslason 1958 (cropped).jpg Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason
(1917–2004) 		24 July 1956 — — SDP Hermann Jónasson V
Emil Jónsson
Ólafur Thors V
Bjarni Benediktsson

Minister of Education, Science and Culture (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.[2]

Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(7) Gylfi Gíslason 1958 (cropped).jpg Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason
(1917–2004) 		— 14 July 1971 14 years, 11 months, 20 days
(5,468 days) 		SDP Bjarni Benediktsson
Jóhann Hafstein
8 1x1 placeholder.png Magnús Torfi Ólafsson
(1923–1998) 		14 July 1971 28 August 1974 3 years, 1 month, 14 days
(1,141 days) 		ULL Ólafur Jóhannesson I
9 1x1 placeholder.png Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson
(1914–2014) 		28 August 1974 1 September 1978 4 years, 4 days
(1,465 days) 		PP Geir Hallgrímsson
10 1x1 placeholder.png Ragnar Arnalds
(1938–) 		1 September 1978 15 October 1979 1 year, 1 month, 14 days
(409 days) 		PA Ólafur Jóhannesson II
11 1x1 placeholder.png Vilmundur Gylfason
(1948–1983) 		15 October 1979 8 February 1980 3 months, 24 days
(116 days) 		SDP Benedikt Gröndal
12 1x1 placeholder.png Ingvar Gíslason
(1926–) 		8 February 1980 26 May 1983 3 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1,203 days) 		PP Gunnar Thoroddsen
13 1x1 placeholder.png Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
(1930–2016) 		26 May 1983 16 October 1985 2 years, 4 months, 20 days
(874 days) 		IP Steingrímur Hermannsson I
14 1x1 placeholder.png Sverrir Hermannsson
(1930–2018) 		16 October 1985 8 July 1987 1 year, 8 months, 22 days
(630 days) 		IP
15 1x1 placeholder.png Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson
(1936–) 		8 July 1987 28 September 1988 1 year, 2 months, 20 days
(448 days) 		IP Þorsteinn Pálsson
16 1x1 placeholder.png Svavar Gestsson
(1944–) 		28 September 1988 30 April 1991 2 years, 7 months, 2 days
(944 days) 		PA Steingrímur Hermannsson II
Steingrímur Hermannsson III
17 1x1 placeholder.png Ólafur Garðar Einarsson
(1932–) 		30 April 1991 23 April 1995 3 years, 11 months, 24 days
(1,454 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson I
18 1x1 placeholder.png Björn Bjarnason
(1944–) 		23 April 1995 2 March 2002 6 years, 10 months, 7 days
(2,505 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson II
Davíð Oddsson III
19 1x1 placeholder.png Tómas Ingi Olrich
(1943–) 		2 March 2002 31 December 2003 1 year, 9 months, 29 days
(669 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson III
Davíð Oddsson IV
20 Thorgerdur K. Gunnarsdottir, Islands kulturminister (cropped).jpg Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
(1965–) 		31 December 2003 1 February 2009 5 years, 1 month, 1 day
(1,859 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson IV
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Geir Haarde I
Geir Haarde II
21 Katrín Jakobsdóttir (cropped).jpg Katrín Jakobsdóttir
(1976–) 		1 February 2009 23 May 2013 4 years, 3 months, 22 days
(1,572 days) 		LG Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
22 Nordiska radets nyvalda vice president Illugi Gunnarsson.jpg Illugi Gunnarsson
(1967–) 		23 May 2013 30 November 2017 3 years, 7 months, 19 days
(1,329 days) 		IP Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
23 Kristjan thor Juliusson (Sj.) Island.jpg Kristján Þór Júlíusson
(1957–) 		11 January 2017 30 November 2017 10 months, 19 day
(323 days) 		IP Bjarni Benediktsson
24 Lilja Dögg.jpg Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
(1973–) 		30 November 2017 Incumbent 4 years, 76 days
(1537 days) 		PP Katrín Jakobsdóttir

References[]

  1. ^ "The minister". Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands" [Bill regarding the Cabinet of Iceland.] (PDF). Legal Code (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

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