The Minister of Education and Children's Affairs (Icelandic: Mennta- og menningarmálaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The current Minister of Education and Children's Affairs is Ásmundur Einar Daðason.[1]
List of ministers
editMinister of Education (16 December 1942 – 1 January 1970)
editNº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | ||
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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 – 28 November 2021)
editThe 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 | ||
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(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 (1914–2014) |
28 August 1974 | 1 September 1978 | 4 years, 4 days (1,465 days) |
PP | Geir Hallgrímsson | ||
10 | Ragnar Arnalds (1938–2022) |
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 (1926–2022) |
8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 3 years, 3 months, 18 days (1,203 days) |
PP | Gunnar Thoroddsen | ||
13 | Ragnhildur Helgadóttir (1930–2016) |
26 May 1983 | 16 October 1985 | 2 years, 4 months, 20 days (874 days) |
IP | Steingrímur Hermannsson I | ||
14 | Sverrir Hermannsson (1930–2018) |
16 October 1985 | 8 July 1987 | 1 year, 8 months, 22 days (630 days) |
IP | |||
15 | Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson (1936–2019) |
8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 1 year, 2 months, 20 days (448 days) |
IP | Þorsteinn Pálsson | ||
16 | Svavar Gestsson (1944–2021) |
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 (1932–2023) |
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) |
LG | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I | ||
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | ||||||||
22 | 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 | Kristján Þór Júlíusson (1957–) |
11 January 2017 | 30 November 2017 | 10 months, 19 day (323 days) |
IP | Bjarni Benediktsson | ||
24 | Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (1973–) |
30 November 2017 | 28 November 2021 | 3 years, 11 months, 29 days (1459 days) |
PP | Katrín Jakobsdóttir I |
Minister of Education and Children's Affairs (28 November 2021 – present)
editNº | Minister | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | Ásmundur Einar Daðason (born 1982) |
28 November 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 266 days (996 days) |
PP | Katrín Jakobsdóttir II Bjarni Benediktsson II |
References
edit- ^ "The minister". Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands" [Bill regarding the Cabinet of Iceland.] (PDF). Legal Code (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
External links
edit- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Icelandic)