The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Icelandic: Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources. The current Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources is Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson.[1]

List of ministers

Ministers for the Environment (23 February 1990 – 1 September 2012)

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Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
1 Edvard Júlíus Sólnes
(1937–)
23 February 1990 30 April 1991 1 year, 2 months, 7 days
(431 days)
CP Steingrímur Hermannsson III
2 Eiður Svanberg Guðnason
(1939–2017)
30 April 1991 14 June 1993 2 years, 1 month, 15 days
(776 days)
SDP Davíð Oddsson I
3 Össur Skarphéðinsson
(1953–)
14 June 1993 23 April 1995 1 year, 10 months, 9 days
(678 days)
SDP
4 Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason
(1944–)
23 April 1995 11 May 1999 4 years, 18 days
(1479 days)
PP Davíð Oddsson II
5 Halldór Ásgrímsson
(1947–2015)
11 May 1999 28 May 1999 17 days
(17 days)
PP
6 Siv Friðleifsdóttir
(1962–)
28 May 1999 23 May 2003 5 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1937 days)
PP Davíð Oddsson III
23 May 2003 15 September 2004 Davíð Oddsson IV
7 Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir
(1946–)
15 September 2004 15 June 2006 1 year, 9 months
(638 days)
IP Halldór Ásgrímsson
8 Jónína Bjartmarz
(1952–)
15 June 2006 24 May 2007 11 months, 9 days
(343 days)
PP Geir Haarde I
9 Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
(1965–)
24 May 2007 1 February 2009 1 year, 8 months, 8 days
(619 days)
SDA Geir Haarde II
10 Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
(1955–)
1 February 2009 10 May 2009 3 months, 9 days
(98 days)
LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
11 Svandís Svavarsdóttir
(1964–)
10 May 2009 LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
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Ministers for the Environment and Natural Resources (1 September 2012 – 28 November 2021)

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Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(11) Svandís Svavarsdóttir
(1964–)
23 May 2013 4 years, 13 days
(1,474 days)
LGM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
12 Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
(1962–)
23 May 2013 31 December 2014 1 year, 7 months, 8 days
(587 days)
PP Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
13 Sigrún Magnúsdóttir
(1944–)
31 December 2014 11 January 2017 2 years, 11 days
(742 days)
PP
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
14 Björt Ólafsdóttir
(1983–)
11 January 2017 30 November 2017 10 months, 19 days
(323 days)
BF Bjarni Benediktsson
15 Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
(1977–)
30 November 2017 28 November 2021 5 years, 339 days
(1,459 days)
LGM Katrín Jakobsdóttir I
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Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate (28 November 2021 – present)

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Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
16 Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
(1967–)
28 November 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 351 days
(1081 days)
IND Katrín Jakobsdóttir II
Bjarni Benediktsson II
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