Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors

Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors
Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors
; 21st Cabinet of Iceland
Date formed	20 November 1959
Date dissolved	14 November 1963
People and organisations
President	Kristján Eldjárn
Prime Minister	Ólafur Thors; Bjarni Benediktsson;
Total no. of members	8
Member parties	Independence Party (IP); Social Democratic Party (SDP);
History
Outgoing election	1963 election
Predecessor	Emil Jónsson
Successor	Bjarni Benediktsson

The Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors in Iceland was formed 20 November 1959.^[1]

Cabinet

During the first reshuffle of 14 September 1961, Bjarni Benediktsson replaced Ólafur Thors as Prime Minister. Jóhann Hafstein replaced Bjarni Benediktsson as Minister of Health and Social Security, Minister of Industry and Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. On 1 January 1962, the second reshuffle reverted the cabinet changes back to the original composition.

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Prime Minister	Ólafur Thors	20 November 1959	14 September 1961	Independence
	Bjarni Benediktsson	14 September 1961	1 January 1962	Independence
	Ólafur Thors	1 January 1962	14 November 1963	Independence

Minister of Health, Minister of Industry and Minister of Justice & Ecclesiastical Affairs	Bjarni Benediktsson	20 November 1959	14 September 1961	Independence
	Jóhann Hafstein	14 September 1961	1 January 1962	Independence
	Bjarni Benediktsson	20 November 1959	14 September 1961	Independence

Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Social Affairs	Emil Jónsson	20 November 1959	14 November 1963	Social Democratic

Minister for Foreign Affairs	Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson	20 November 1959	14 November 1963	Social Democratic

Minister of Finance	Gunnar Thoroddsen	20 November 1959	14 November 1963	Independence

Minister of Education, Science and Culture and Minister of Commerce	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason	20 November 1959	14 November 1963	Social Democratic

Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Communications	Ingólfur Jónsson	20 November 1959	14 November 1963	Independence

References

^ "Fimmta ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[1] "Fimmta ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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v t e Cabinets of Iceland
List of cabinets of Iceland List of female cabinet ministers of Iceland
Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)	Jón Magnússon I (1917–20) Jón Magnússon II (1920–22) Sigurður Eggerz (1922–24) Jón Magnússon III (1924–26) Jón Þorláksson (1926–27) Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1927–32) Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1932–34) Hermann Jónasson I (1934–38) Hermann Jónasson II (1938–39) Hermann Jónasson III (1939–41) Hermann Jónasson IV (1941–42) Ólafur Thors I (1942) Björn Þórðarson (1942–44)
Republic of Iceland (1944–present)	Ólafur Thors II (1944–47) Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1947–49) Ólafur Thors III (1949–50) Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1950–53) Ólafur Thors IV (1953–56) Hermann Jónasson V (1956–58) Emil Jónsson (1958–59) Ólafur Thors V (1959–63) Bjarni Benediktsson, Sr (1963–70) Jóhann Hafstein (1970–71) Ólafur Jóhannesson I (1971–74) Geir Hallgrímsson (1974–78) Ólafur Jóhannesson II (1978–79) Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1979–80) Gunnar Thoroddsen (1980–83) Steingrímur Hermannsson I (1983–87) Þorsteinn Pálsson (1987–88) Steingrímur Hermannsson II (1988–89) Steingrímur Hermannsson III (1989–91) Davíð Oddsson I (1991–95) Davíð Oddsson II (1995–99) Davíð Oddsson III (1999–03) Davíð Oddsson IV (2003–04) Halldór Ásgrímsson (2004–06) Geir Haarde I (2006–07) Geir Haarde II (2007–09) Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I (2009) Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II (2009–13) Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (2013–16) Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (2016–17) Bjarni Benediktsson I (2017) Katrín Jakobsdóttir I (2017–21) Katrín Jakobsdóttir II (2021–24) Bjarni Benediktsson II (2024–)

Cabinet

Composition

See also

References