New government

New government

The new government, which was announced at one o’clock today at Kjarvalsstaðir. It intends to prioritise two issues, the climate issue and public health matters, emphasising the development of intensive care and the emergency department of Landspítali Íslands. The chairmen of the government parties, the Left-Green Movement, the Independence Party, and the Progressive Party, introduced the new governing charter and the new government. There are twelve ministers in the new government led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir as Prime Minister, as in the last government of the same parties. There are five ministers from the Independence Party, four from the Progressive Party and three from the Left Greens. Five women and seven men are now ministers.

On the right are Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independence Party and Minister of Finance, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister and chairman of the Left Movement in the Green Party, and on the left, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, chairman of the Progressive Party and Minister of Infrastructure.