List of Icelandic ministries

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This is a list of Icelandic government ministries.

Current ministries

#	Name	Icelandic name
1	Prime Minister's Office	Forsætisráðuneytið
2	Ministry of Education, Science and Culture	Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið
3	Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources	Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið
4	Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs	Fjármála- og efnahagsráðuneytið
5	Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Utanríkisráðuneytið
6	Ministry of Industries and Innovation	Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið
7	Ministry of the Interior	Innanríkisráðuneytið
8	Ministry of Welfare	Velferðarráðuneytið

Name	Icelandic name	Period
Predecessors of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	n/a	1999-2007
Ministry of Business Affairs	Viðskiptaráðuneyti	2007-2010
Predecessors of the Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Communications	Samgönguráðuneyti	- January 1, 2011
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights	Dómsmála- og mannréttindaráðuneyti	- January 1, 2011
Predecessors of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Prime Minister's Office	Forsætisráðuneyti	n/a
Predecessors of the Ministry for the Environment
none
Predecessors of the Ministry of Finance
none
Predecessors of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture
Ministry of Fisheries	Sjávarútvegsráðuneyti	n/a
Ministry of Agriculture	Landbúnaðarráðuneyti	n/a
Predecessors of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Prime Minister's Office	Forsætisráðuneyti	n/a
Predecessors of the Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Heilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðuneyti	n/a
Predecessors of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
Ministry of Industry and Business Affairs	Iðnaðar- og viðskiptaráðuneyti	n/a
Predecessors of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs	Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneyti	- 2009
Predecessors of the Ministry of Welfare
Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security	Félags- og tryggingamálaráðuneyti	- January 1, 2011
Ministry of Health	Heilbrigðisráðuneyti	- January 1, 2011

Ministries of Iceland

Prime Minister's Office Education, Science and Culture Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs Industries and Innovation Interior Welfare

Defunct: Statistics Iceland

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