Ministry of Welfare (Iceland)

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The Ministry of Welfare (Icelandic: Velferðarráðuneytið) is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 1 January 2011. It is the result of the merger of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security, founded 17 April 1939 as the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health, founded 20 November 1959. It is responsible for administration and policy making of social affairs, health and social security. The first Minister of Welfare was Guðbjartur Hannesson. As of September 2016, there are two ministers heading the Ministry of Welfare: Eygló Harðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, and Kristján Þór Júlíusson, Minister of Health.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Ministers of Welfare". Ministry of Welfare. Retrieved 14 September 2016.


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