Second cabinet of Geir Haarde

Second cabinet of Geir Haarde
39th Cabinet of Iceland
Geir Haarde
Date formed	24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)
Date dissolved	1 February 2009 (2009-02-01)
People and organisations
President	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	Independence Party (D)   Social Democratic Alliance (S)
Status in legislature	Majority government (coalition) 42 / 63 (67%)
Opposition parties	Left-Green Movement (V)   Progressive Party (B)   Liberal Party
History
Predecessor	Geir Haarde I
Successor	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I

The Second cabinet of Geir Haarde in Iceland was formed 24 May 2007.^[1] It resigned due to the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests.

Cabinet

Inaugural cabinet: 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009

The Ministry of Commerce was renamed in English the Ministry of Business Affairs but the Icelandic name was unchanged. The Ministry of Industry was renamed in English the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism but the Icelandic name was unchanged.

Incumbent		Minister	Ministry	Party
	Geir Haarde	Prime Minister (Forsætisráðherra)	Prime Minister's Office (Forsætisráðuneytið)	D
		Minister of Statistics Iceland (Ráðherra Hagstofu Íslands)	Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands)
	Árni Mathiesen	Minister of Finance (Fjármálaráðherra)	Ministry of Finance (Fjármálaráðuneytið)	D
	Björgvin G. Sigurðsson	Minister of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðherra)	Ministry of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðuneytið)	S
	Björn Bjarnason	Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra)	Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytið)	D
	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Minister of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðherra)	Ministry of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðuneytið)	D
		Minister of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðherra)	Ministry of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðuneytið)
	Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson	Minister of Health and Social Security (Heilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðherra)	Ministry of Health and Social Security (Heilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðuneytið)	D
	Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir	Minister for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðherra)	Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðuneytið)	S
	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	Minister of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðherra)	Ministry of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðuneytið)	S
	Kristján L. Möller	Minister of Communications (Samgönguráðherra)	Ministry of Communications (Samgönguráðuneytið)	S
	Össur Skarphéðinsson	Minister of Industry (Iðnaðarráðherra)	Ministry of Industry (Iðnaðarráðuneytið)	S
	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðherra)	Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðuneytið)	D
	Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir	Minister for the Environment (Umhverfisráðherra)	Ministry for the Environment (Umhverfisráðuneytið)	S

Change: 1 January 2008

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Fisheries merged to form the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture (Sjávarútvegs- og landbúnaðarráðuneytið). The Ministry of Health and Social Security was renamed the Ministry of Health (Heilbrigðisráðuneytið). The Ministry of Social Affairs was renamed the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security (Félags- og tryggingamálaráðuneytið). Statistics Iceland became an independent government agency.^[2][3]

See also

• Government of Iceland
• Cabinet of Iceland

References

1. "Annað ráðuneyti Geirs H. Haarde" [Second cabinet of Geir Haarde]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
2. "Lög um breytingu á lögum um Stjórnarráð Íslands, nr. 73/1969" [Law amending the law on the Cabinet of Iceland, № 73/1969.]. Icelandic law (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
3. "Starfsemi" [Operation] (in Icelandic). Statistics Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Hagstofa Íslands tók til starfa árið 1914. Til ársloka 2007 var hún eitt ráðuneyta í Stjórnarráði Íslands. Hagstofan hefur lengst af starfað samkvæmt stofnlögum sínum frá 1913 og lögum og reglugerð um Stjórnarráð Íslands. Hinn 1. janúar 2008 var Hagstofa Íslands lögð niður sem ráðuneyti. Þá tóku gildi ný lög um Hagstofu Íslands og opinbera hagskýrslugerð og komu þau að mestu í stað eldri löggjafar um starf Hagstofunnar. Samkvæmt þeim er Hagstofan sjálfstæð stofnun sem heyrir undir fjármála- og efnahagsráðherra. Í 1. gr. laganna segir að Hagstofan sé miðstöð opinberrar hagskýrslugerðar í landinu og hafi forystu um tilhögun, samræmingu og framkvæmd hennar svo og um samskipti við alþjóðastofnanir á þessu sviði.