First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

The First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in Iceland, nicknamed “The welfare government” (Icelandic: Velferðarstjórnin) or “The sixth left government” (Icelandic: Vinstristjórn VI), was formed 1 February 2009^[1] after the Second cabinet of Geir Haarde resigned due to the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests.

First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
40th Cabinet of Iceland
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Date formed	1 February 2009 (2009-02-01)
Date dissolved	10 May 2009 (2009-05-10)
People and organisations
President	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Social Democratic Alliance (S)   Left-Green Movement (V) Independents
Status in legislature	Minority government (coalition)
Opposition parties	Independence Party (D)   Progressive Party (B)   Citizens' Movement (O)
History
Outgoing election	2009 election
Predecessor	Geir Haarde II
Successor	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II

Cabinet

Inaugural cabinet: 1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009

Incumbent		Minister	Ministry	Party
	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	Prime Minister (Forsætisráðherra)	Prime Minister's Office (Forsætisráðuneytið)	S
	Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir	Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security (Félags- og tryggingamálaráðherra)	Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security (Félags- og tryggingamálaráðuneytið)	S
	Gylfi Magnússon	Minister of Trade (Viðskiptaráðherra)	Ministry of Trade (Viðskiptaráðuneytið)	Independent
	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðherra)	Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðuneytið)	V
	Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir	Minister for the Environment (Umhverfisráðherra)	Ministry for the Environment (Umhverfisráðuneytið)	V
	Kristján L. Möller	Minister of Communications (Samgönguráðherra)	Ministry of Communications (Samgönguráðuneytið)	S
	Ögmundur Jónasson	Minister of Health (Heilbrigðisráðherra)	Ministry of Health (Heilbrigðisráðuneytið)	V
	Össur Skarphéðinsson	Minister for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðherra)	Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðuneytið)	S
		Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism (Iðnaðarráðherra)	Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (Iðnaðarráðuneytið)
	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon	Minister of Finance (Fjármálaráðherra)	Ministry of Finance (Fjármálaráðuneytið)	V
		Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture (Sjávarútvegs- og landbúnaðarráðherra)	Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture (Sjávarútvegs- og landbúnaðarráðuneytið)
	Ragna Árnadóttir	Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra)	Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytið)	independent

See also

• Government of Iceland
• Cabinet of Iceland