List of Icelandic ministries

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This is a list of Icelandic government ministries.

Current ministries

# Name Icelandic name
1 Prime Minister's Office Forsætisráðuneytið
2 Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið
3 Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið
4 Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Fjármála- og efnahagsráðuneytið
5 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Utanríkisráðuneytið
6 Ministry of Industries and Innovation Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið
7 Ministry of the Interior Innanríkisráðuneytið
8 Ministry of Welfare Velferðarráðuneytið

Historical ministries

Name Icelandic name Period
Predecessors of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Industry and Commercen/a1999-2007
Ministry of Business AffairsViðskiptaráðuneyti2007-2010
Predecessors of the Ministry of Interior
Ministry of CommunicationsSamgönguráðuneyti- January 1, 2011
Ministry of Justice and Human RightsDómsmála- og mannréttindaráðuneyti- January 1, 2011
Predecessors of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Prime Minister's OfficeForsætisráðuneytin/a
Predecessors of the Ministry for the Environment
none
Predecessors of the Ministry of Finance
none
Predecessors of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture
Ministry of FisheriesSjávarútvegsráðuneytin/a
Ministry of AgricultureLandbúnaðarráðuneytin/a
Predecessors of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Prime Minister's OfficeForsætisráðuneytin/a
Predecessors of the Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health and Social SecurityHeilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðuneytin/a
Predecessors of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
Ministry of Industry and Business AffairsIðnaðar- og viðskiptaráðuneytin/a
Predecessors of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical AffairsDóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneyti- 2009
Predecessors of the Ministry of Welfare
Ministry of Social Affairs and Social SecurityFélags- og tryggingamálaráðuneyti- January 1, 2011
Ministry of HealthHeilbrigðisráðuneyti- January 1, 2011

See also

References

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