Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson

Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson

47th Cabinet of Iceland
2024–present
Date formed9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)
People and organisations
Head of stateGuðni Th. Jóhannesson
Head of governmentBjarni Benediktsson
Member parties
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Alliance (S)
People's Party (F)
Pirate Party (P)
Reform Party (C)
Centre Party (M)
History
PredecessorKatrín Jakobsdóttir II

The Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson was formed on 9 April 2024, following the resignation of Katrín Jakobsdóttir to run in the presidential election. The cabinet is led by Bjarni Benediktsson of the Independence Party, who previously served as Prime Minister of Iceland in 2017.[1]

The cabinet is a coalition government consisting of the Independence Party, the Left-Green Movement and the Progressive Party. Together they hold 38 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland and served as a majority government. There are twelve ministers in the cabinet, five from the Independence Party, three from the Left-Green Movement, and four from the Progressive Party.

  1. ^ Bryant, Miranda; correspondent, Miranda Bryant Nordic (2024-04-10). "Iceland appoints Bjarni Benediktsson to replace Katrín Jakobsdóttir as PM". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

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