Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture (Iceland)

The Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture is currently one of nine ministries in Iceland. The headquarters is located in the Skulagata 4 in Reykjavík.

History

The Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture arose after a change in the law, which had been decided on 13 June 2007 by the Icelandic parliament Althingi. On June 25, the law of President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson was signed. It united on 1 January 2008, the two previously independent predecessor ministries, the Ministry of Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture. Sigurgeir Þorgeirsson was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry.

List of ministers

Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture

The previous Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture were:

Ministry of Fisheries

The previous Minister of Fisheries were:

Ministry of Agriculture

The former Agriculture Minister were:

• October 21, 1944 - February 4, 1947: Pétur Magnússon
• February 4, 1947 - December 6, 1949: Bjarni Ásgeirsson
• December 6, 1949 - March 14, 1950: Jón Pálmason
• March 14, 1950 - September 11, 1953: Hermann Jónasson
• September 11, 1953 - July 24, 1956 Steingrímur Steinthorsson
• July 24, 1956 - December 23, 1958: Hermann Jónasson
• December 23, 1958 - November 20, 1959: Fridjon Skarphéðinsson
• November 20, 1959 - July 14, 1971: Ingólfur Jónsson
• July 14, 1971 - September 1, 1978: Halldór E. Sigurðsson
• September 1, 1978 - October 15, 1979: Steingrímur Hemm
• October 15, 1979 - February 8, 1980: Bragi Sigurjónsson
• February 8, 1980 - May 26, 1983 Pálmi Jónsson
• May 26, 1983 - September 28, 1988: Jón Helgason
• September 28, 1988 - April 30, 1991: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
• April 30, 1991 - April 23, 1995: Halldór Blöndal
• April 23, 1995 - May 11, 1999: Guðmundur Bjarnason
• May 11, 1999 - May 28, 1999: Halldór Ásgrímsson
• May 28, 1999 - 24th May 2007: Guðni Ágústsson
• 24 May 2007 - 31 December 2007: Einar K. Guðfinnsson