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Home › Society › Government › Leaders of the World › Europe › Iceland

Iceland

Parliament
Parliament is unicameral and is located in Reykjavik.
The Althing has 54 members, who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote. 9 of them are divided among the political parties in relation to the number of votes that each party receives. The body then divides itself into a lower chamber of 42 members and an upper chamber of 21 members.

Presidents
1944-1952   Sveinn Björnsson
1952-1968   Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
1968-1980   Kristjan Eldjárn
1980-1996   Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
1996 now   Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Prime Ministers
1904-1909   Hannes Hafstein
1909-1911   Björn Jónsson
1911-1912   Kristján Jónsson
1912-1914   Hannes Hafstein
1914-1915   Sigurður Eggerz
1915-1917   Einar Arnórsson
1917-1922   Jón Magnússon
1922-1924   Sigurður Eggerz
1924-1926   Jón Magnússon
1926-1927   Jón Þorláksson
1927-1932   Tryggvi Þórhallsson
1932-1934   Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
1934-1942   Hermann Jónasson
1942-1942   Ólafur Thors
1942-1944   Björn Þórðarson






1944-1947   Ólafur Thors
1947-1949   Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
1949-1950   Ólafur Thors
1950-1953   Steingrímur Steinþórsson
1953-1956   Ólafur Thors
1956-1958   Hermann Jónasson
1958-1959   Emil Jonsson
1959-1963   Ólafur Thors
1963-1970   Bjarni Benediktsson
1970-1971   Johann Hafstein
1971-1974   Ólafur Jóhannesson
1974-1978   Geir Hallgrimsson
1978-1978   Ólafur Jóhannesson
1978-1980   Benedict Gröndal
1980-1983   Gunnar Thoroddsen
1983-1987   Steingrímur Hermannsson
1987-1988   Thorsteinn Pálsson
1988-1991   Steingrímur Hermannsson
1991-2004   Davíd Oddsson
2004-2006   Halldór Ásgrímsson
2006-2009   Geir H. Haarde
2009 now   Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir




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