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 Illugi Gunnarsson.[1]

List of ministers

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

Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
1 Einar Arnórsson
(1880–1955)		 16 December 1942 21 September 1944 1 year, 9 months, 5 days
(645 days)		 IP Björn Þórðarson
2 Björn Þórðarson
(1879–1963)		 21 September 1944 21 October 1944 1 month
(30 days)		 N/A
3 Brynjólfur Bjarnason
(1898–1989)		 21 October 1944 4 February 1947 2 years, 3 months, 14 days
(836 days)		 PUP Ólafur Thors II
4 Eysteinn Jónsson
(1906–1993)		 4 February 1947 6 December 1949 2 years, 10 months, 2 days
(1,036 days)		 PP Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
5 Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970)		 6 December 1949 14 March 1950 3 months, 8 days
(98 days)		 IP Ólafur Thors III
6 Björn Ólafsson
(1895–1974)		 14 March 1950 11 September 1953 3 years, 5 months, 28 days
(1,277 days)		 IP Steingrímur Steinþórsson
(5) Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970)		 11 September 1953 24 July 1956 2 years, 10 months, 13 days
(1047 days)		 IP Ólafur Thors IV
7 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 Þorsteinsson Gíslason
(1917–2004)		 — 14 July 1971 14 years, 11 months, 20 days
(5,468 days)		 SDP Bjarni Benediktsson
Jóhann Hafstein
8 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 Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson
(1914–)		 28 August 1974 1 September 1978 4 years, 4 days
(1,465 days)		 PP Geir Hallgrímsson
10 Ragnar Arnalds
(1938–)		 1 September 1978 15 October 1979 1 year, 1 month, 14 days
(409 days)		 PA Ólafur Jóhannesson II
11 Vilmundur Gylfason
(1948–1983)		 15 October 1979 8 February 1980 3 months, 24 days
(116 days)		 SDP Benedikt Gröndal
12 Ingvar Gíslason
(1926–)		 8 February 1980 26 May 1983 3 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1,203 days)		 PP Gunnar Thoroddsen
13 Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
(1930–)		 26 May 1983 16 October 1985 2 years, 4 months, 20 days
(874 days)		 IP Steingrímur Hermannsson I
14 Sverrir Hermannsson
(1930–)		 16 October 1985 8 July 1987 1 year, 8 months, 22 days
(630 days)		 IP
15 Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson
(1936–)		 8 July 1987 28 September 1988 1 year, 2 months, 20 days
(448 days)		 IP Þorsteinn Pálsson
16 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 Ólafur Garðar Einarsson
(1932–)		 30 April 1991 23 April 1995 3 years, 11 months, 24 days
(1,454 days)		 IP Davíð Oddsson I
18 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 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 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
(1976–)		 1 February 2009 23 May 2013 4 years, 3 months, 22 days
(1,572 days)		 SDA Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
22 Illugi Gunnarsson
(1967–)		 23 May 2013 Incumbent 3 years, 207 days
(1303 days)		 IP Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

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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