Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors

Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors
21st Cabinet of Iceland
Ólafur Thors
Date formed	20 November 1959 (1959-11-20)
Date dissolved	14 November 1963 (1963-11-14)
People and organisations
Head of government	Ólafur Thors Bjarni Benediktsson
Head of state	Kristján Eldjárn
Member parties	Independence Party (IP) Social Democratic Party (SDP)
History
Outgoing election	1963 election
Predecessor	Emil Jónsson
Successor	Bjarni Benediktsson

The Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors in Iceland was formed 20 November 1959.^[1]

Cabinets

Inaugural cabinet: 20 November 1959 – 14 September 1961

Incumbent		Minister	Party
	Ólafur Thors	Prime Minister (Forsætisráðherra)	IP
	Bjarni Benediktsson	Minister of Health (Heilbrigðisráðherra)	IP
Minister of Industry (Iðnaðarráðherra)
Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra)
	Emil Jónsson	Minister of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðherra)	SDP
Minister of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðherra)	Emil Jónsson		SDP
	Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson	Minister for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðherra)	SDP
	Gunnar Thoroddsen	Minister of Finance (Fjármálaráðherra)	IP
	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason	Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðherra)	SDP
Minister of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðherra)	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason		SDP
	Ingólfur Jónsson	Minister of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðherra)	IP
Minister of Communications (Samgönguráðherra)	Ingólfur Jónsson		IP

First reshuffle: 14 September 1961 – 1 January 1962

Bjarni Benediktsson replaced Ólafur Thors as Prime Minister. Jóhann Hafstein replaced Bjarni Benediktsson as Minister of Health and Social Security, Minister of Industry and Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Incumbent		Minister	Party
	Bjarni Benediktsson	Prime Minister (Forsætisráðherra)	IP
	Emil Jónsson	Minister of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðherra)	SDP
Minister of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðherra)	Emil Jónsson		SDP
	Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson	Minister for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðherra)	SDP
	Gunnar Thoroddsen	Minister of Finance (Fjármálaráðherra)	IP
	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason	Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðherra)	SDP
Minister of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðherra)	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason		SDP
	Ingólfur Jónsson	Minister of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðherra)	IP
Minister of Communications (Samgönguráðherra)	Ingólfur Jónsson		IP
	Jóhann Hafstein	Minister of Health (Heilbrigðisráðherra)	IP
Minister of Industry (Iðnaðarráðherra)
Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra)

Second reshuffle: 1 January 1962 – 14 November 1963

Ólafur Thors replaced Bjarni Benediktsson as Prime Minister. Bjarni Benediktsson replaced Jóhann Hafstein as Minister of Health and Social Security, Minister of Industry and Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Incumbent		Minister	Party
	Ólafur Thors	Prime Minister (Forsætisráðherra)	IP
	Bjarni Benediktsson	Minister of Health (Heilbrigðisráðherra)	IP
Minister of Industry (Iðnaðarráðherra)
Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra)
	Emil Jónsson	Minister of Fisheries (Sjávarútvegsráðherra)	SDP
Minister of Social Affairs (Félagsmálaráðherra)	Emil Jónsson		SDP
	Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson	Minister for Foreign Affairs (Utanríkisráðherra)	SDP
	Gunnar Thoroddsen	Minister of Finance (Fjármálaráðherra)	IP
	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason	Minister of Education, Science and Culture (Menntamálaráðherra)	SDP
Minister of Commerce (Viðskiptaráðherra)	Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason		SDP
	Ingólfur Jónsson	Minister of Agriculture (Landbúnaðarráðherra)	IP
Minister of Communications (Samgönguráðherra)	Ingólfur Jónsson		IP

References

↑ "Fimmta ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

Cabinets of Iceland

List of cabinets of Iceland List of female cabinet ministers of Iceland

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)	Jón Magnússon I (1917–20) Jón Magnússon II (1920–22) Sigurður Eggerz (1922–24) Jón Magnússon III (1924–26) Jón Þorláksson (1926–27) Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1927–32) Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1932–34) Hermann Jónasson I (1934–38) Hermann Jónasson II (1938–39) Hermann Jónasson III (1939–41) Hermann Jónasson IV (1941–42) Ólafur Thors I (1942) Björn Þórðarson (1942–44)

Republic of Iceland (1944–present)	Ólafur Thors II (1944–47) Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1947–49) Ólafur Thors III (1949–50) Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1950–53) Ólafur Thors IV (1953–56) Hermann Jónasson V (1956–58) Emil Jónsson (1958–59) Ólafur Thors V (1959–63) Bjarni Benediktsson (1963–70) Jóhann Hafstein (1970–71) Ólafur Jóhannesson I (1971–74) Geir Hallgrímsson (1974–78) Ólafur Jóhannesson II (1978–79) Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1979–80) Gunnar Thoroddsen (1980–83) Steingrímur Hermannsson I (1983–87) Þorsteinn Pálsson (1987–88) Steingrímur Hermannsson II (1988–89) Steingrímur Hermannsson III (1989–91) Davíð Oddsson I (1991–95) Davíð Oddsson II (1995–99) Davíð Oddsson III (1999–03) Davíð Oddsson IV (2003–04) Halldór Ásgrímsson (2004–06) Geir Haarde I (2006–07) Geir Haarde II (2007–09) Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I (2009) Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II (2009–2013) Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (2013–present)

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