Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Iceland)

The Icelandic Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Icelandic: Dómsmála- og Mannréttindaráðuneytið) was a cabinet-level ministry within the government of Iceland. Beginning on 2 September 2010, the minister was Ögmundur Jónasson. Before that date, the ministry had been known as the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. In 2011 it was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government, to form the Ministry of the Interior.^[1] On 1 May 2017 the Ministry of the Interior was split again, into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Local Government.

The department handles a wide variety of issues that include civil defense, public prosecution, the justice system including sentencing, immigration, police and coast guard, and elections.^[2]

List of ministers

Ministers of Justice, Church and Human Rights (1904-2010)

Since Iceland received the Cabinet of Ministers in 1904, the Minister of Justice and the Ministry of Justice went to the ministers in 1917.

Minister	from	to	Category	other
Hannes Hafstein	1904	1909		Minister for Iceland
Björn Jónsson	1909	1911
Kristján Jónsson	1911	1912
Hannes Hafstein	1912	1914
Sigurður Eggerz	1914	1915
Einar Arnórsson	1915	1917
Jón Magnússon	1917	1922		First Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Sigurður Eggerz	1922	1924
Jón Magnússon	1924	1926
Magnús Guðmundsson	1926	1927
Jonas from Hriflu	1927	1931
Tryggvi Thorhallsson	1931	1931
Jonas from Hriflu	1931	1932
Magnús Guðmundsson	1932	1932		Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (mid-1931); Attorney General (late 1932)
Thorsteinn Briem	1932	1932		Only Attorney General
Thorsteinn Briem	1932	1934		Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Magnús Guðmundsson	1932	1934		Only Attorney General
Hermann Jónasson	1934	1942
Magnús Jónsson	1942	1942		Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Jakob Möller	1942	1942		Only Attorney General
Jakob Möller	1942	1942		Only Attorney General
Björn Þórðarson	1942	1944		Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Einar Arnórsson	1942	1944		Only Attorney General
Björn Þórðarson	1944	1944

Minister	from	to	Category	Ministry	other
Emil Jonsson	1944	1947	Social Democratic Party	Another ministry of Ólafur Thors	Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Finnur Jónsson	1944	1947		Another ministry of Ólafur Thors	Only Attorney General
Eysteinn Jónsson	1947	1949		The Ministry of Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson	Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Bjarni Benediktsson	1947	1949	Independence	The Ministry of Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson	Only Attorney General
Bjarni Benediktsson	1949	1950	Independence	Olaf Thors third ministry
Hermann Jónasson	1950	1953	Progressives	Steingrímur Steinþórsson's ministry	Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Bjarni Benediktsson	1950	1956	Independence	Steingrímur Steinþórsson's ministry Olaf Thors fourth ministry	Only Attorney General
Steingrímur Steinþórsson	1953	1956		Olaf Thors fourth ministry	Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Hermann Jónasson	1956	1958	Progressives	The third ministry of Hermann Jónasson
Friðjón Skarphéðinsson	1958	1959		The Ministry of Emil Jonsson
Bjarni Benediktsson	1959	1963	Independence	The fifth ministry of Ólafur Thors
Jóhann Hafstein	1963	1970	Independence	Ministry of Bjarni Benediktsson
Auður Auðuns [1st female]	1970	1971		The Ministry of Jóhann Hafstein
Ólafur Jóhannesson	1971	1978	Progressives	The first ministry of Ólafur Jóhannesson The Ministry of Geir Hallgrímsson
Steingrímur Hermannsson	1978	1979	Progressives	Another ministry of Ólafur Jóhannesson
Vilmundur Gylfason	1979	1980	Social Democratic Party	Ministry of Benedikt Gröndal
Fridrið Thordarson	1980	1983		Gunnars Thoroddsen's Ministry
Jón Helgason	1983	1987		The first ministry of Steingrím Hermannsson
Jón Sigurðsson	1987	1988	Social Democratic Party	The Ministry of Þorsteinn Pálsson
Halldór Ásgrímsson	1988	1989	Progressives	The second ministry of Steingrím Hermannsson
Oli Þ. Guðbjartsson	1989	1991		The third ministry of Steingrím Hermannsson
Þorsteinn Pálsson	1991	1999	Independence	The first ministry of David Oddsson Another ministry of David Oddsson
David Oddsson	1999	1999	Independence	Another ministry of David Oddsson
Sólveig Pétursdóttir	1999	2003		The Third Ministry of David Oddsson
Björn Bjarnason	2003	2009	Independence	David Oddsson's fourth ministry The Ministry of Halldór Ásgrímsson The first ministry of Geir Haarde Other ministry of Geir Haarde
Ragna Árnadóttir	2009	2010	Off-Minister	The first ministry of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Another ministry of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (late 2009)
Ögmundur Jónasson	2010	2010	Left-wing movement - green supply	Another ministry of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	Ministry of Justice and Human Rights

Ministers of Interior (2011-2017)

Minister	from	to	Category	Ministry	other
Ögmundur Jónasson	2011	2013	Left-wing movement - green supply	Another ministry of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir	2013	2014	Independence	The Ministry of Sigmund Davíð Gunnlaugsson	Resigned on 21 November 2014 and resigned on 4 December of the same year.
Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson	2014	2014	Progressives	The Ministry of Sigmund Davíð Gunnlaugsson	Only Attorney General from 27 August to 4 December 2014
Ólöf Nordal	2014	2017	Off-Minister	The Ministry of Sigmund Davíð Gunnlaugsson

Ministers of Justice (2017 - )

Minister	from	to	Category	other
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir	2019	2019	Independence
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir	2019	2021	Independence
Jón Gunnarsson	2022		Independence

Attorney General

Attorney General	from	to	Category	Ministry	other
Minister of Interior
Sigríður Ásthildur Andersen	2017	still in office	Independence	The Ministry of Bjarni Benediktsson (2017) The Ministry of Katrina Jakobsdóttir (2017-)

See also

• Justice ministry
• Innanríkisráðherra Íslands (Minister of the Interior of Iceland)
• Politics of Iceland