Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson
Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson | |
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 47th Cabinet of Iceland | |
| 2024 | |
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| Date formed | 9 April 2024 |
| Date dissolved | 21 December 2024 |
| People and organisations | |
| President |
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| Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| No. of ministers | 12 |
| Member parties |
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| Status in legislature | Majority government (coalition) 38 / 63 (60%) (until 17 October 2024)
Minority government (coalition) 30 / 63 (47%) (from 17 October 2024)
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| Opposition parties | Social Democratic Alliance (S) People's Party (F) Pirate Party (P) Viðreisn (C) Centre Party (M) |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Katrín Jakobsdóttir II |
| Successor | Kristrún Frostadóttir |
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 was 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 were twelve ministers in the cabinet, five from the Independence Party, three from the Left-Green Movement, and four from the Progressive Party.
On 13 October 2024, Benediktsson announced that the government is to be dissolved and new elections to be called on 30 November, pending final approval from the President. He cited disagreements between the governing parties on issues such as immigration and energy as the reason for ending the governing coalition.[2] Additionally, the Left-Green Movement withdrew from the government four days later.[3]
Cabinet
The Cabinet is composed as follows:[4]
See also
References
- ^ Bryant, Miranda (2024-04-10). "Iceland appoints Bjarni Benediktsson to replace Katrín Jakobsdóttir as PM". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ Guðmundsdóttir, Ingibjörg Sara; Signýjardóttir, Ástrós (2024-10-13). "Sjálfstæðisflokkur slítur ríkisstjórnarsamstarfinu – Bjarni vill kosningar 30. nóvember - RÚV.is". RÚV. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ "Ríkisráðsfundur á Bessastöðum: Vinstri græn formlega hætt" (in Icelandic). RÚV. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Government of Iceland. "Current government - Second cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson". government.is. Retrieved 26 April 2024.