First cabinet of Geir Haarde

The First cabinet of Geir Haarde in Iceland, nicknamed “The Þingvellir government” (Icelandic: Þingvallastjórnin), was formed 15 June 2006.^[1]

First cabinet of Geir Haarde
38th Cabinet of Iceland
Geir Haarde
Date formed	15 June 2006 (2006-06-15)
Date dissolved	24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)
People and organisations
President	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	Independence Party (D)   Progressive Party (B)
Status in legislature	Majority government (coalition) 34 / 63 (54%)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Alliance (S)   Left-Green Movement (V)   Liberal Party
History
Predecessor	Halldór Ásgrímsson
Successor	Geir Haarde II

Cabinet

Inaugural cabinet: 15 June 2006 – 24 May 2007

Incumbent		Minister	Ministry	Party
	Geir Haarde	Prime Minister (Forsætisráðherra)	Prime Minister's Office (Forsætisráðuneytið)	D
		Minister of Statistics Iceland (Ráðherra Hagstofu Íslands)	Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands)
	Árni Mathiesen	Minister of Finance (Fjármálaráðherra)	Ministry of Finance (Fjármálaráðuneytið)	D
	Björn Bjarnason	Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra)	Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytið)	D
	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Minister of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðherra)	Ministry of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðuneytið)	D
	Guðni Ágústsson	Minister of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðherra)	Ministry of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðuneytið)	B
	Jón Sigurðsson	Minister of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðherra)	Ministry of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðuneytið)	B
		Minister of Industry (Iðnaðarráðherra)	Ministry of Industry (Iðnaðarráðuneytið)
	Jónína Bjartmarz	Minister for the Environment (Umhverfisráðherra)	Ministry for the Environment (Umhverfisráðuneytið)	B
	Magnús Stefánsson	Minister of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðherra)	Ministry of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðuneytið)	B
	Siv Friðleifsdóttir	Minister of Health and Social Security (Heilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðherra)	Ministry of Health and Social Security (Heilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðuneytið)	B
	Sturla Böðvarsson	Minister of Communications (Samgönguráðherra)	Ministry of Communications (Samgönguráðuneytið)	D
	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðherra)	Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðuneytið)	D
	Valgerður Sverrisdóttir	Minister for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðherra)	Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðuneytið)	B

See also

• Government of Iceland
• Cabinet of Iceland