Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Iceland)
# 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. Since 2 September 2010, the minister had been Ögmundur Jónasson. The institution was previously known as the "Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs". Since 2011, it was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government to form the Ministry of Interior. On 1 May 2017 the Ministry of the Interior was again split up into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Local Government.

## 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 | other |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hannes Hafstein | 1904 | 1909 | |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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-) | |
