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) 27 / 63 (43%)
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