List of resignations in Iceland
This is a list of resignations in Iceland.
Cabinet ministers
Resignations of cabinet ministers do not take effect until they have been relieved of duty by the President of Iceland.
Person | Position | Date of resignation | Date of relief | Reason | Ref |
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Albert Guðmundsson (IP) | Minister of Industry | N/A | 24 March 1987 | Financial scandal | [1] |
Björgvin G. Sigurðsson (SDA) | Minister of Commerce | 25 January 2009 | 1 February 2009 | 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis | [2][3] |
Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (SDP) | Minister of Social Affairs | N/A | 11 November 1994 | Civil servant dismissal | [4][5] |
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (IP) | Minister of the Interior | 21 November 2014 | 4 December 2014 | Political scandal | [6][7] |
Magnús Guðmundsson (CP) | Minister of Justice | N/A | 11 November 1932 | Political scandal | [8] |
Magnús Jónsson (IP) | Minister of Finance | N/A | 18 April 1923 | Political dispute | [9] |
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (PP) | Prime Minister | 5 April 2016 | 7 April 2016 | Financial scandal revealed by the Panama Papers. | [10] |
Ögmundur Jónasson (LGM) | Minister of Health | 30 September 2009 | 1 October 2009 | Political dispute | [11][12] |
Members of Parliament
Person | Date | Reason | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Árni Johnsen (IP) | 19 July 2001 | Embezzlement of funds of a committee of the National Theatre of Iceland. | [13][14] |
Bjarni Harðarson (PP) | 11 November 2008 | Political scandal regarding him accidentally forwarding criticism of a fellow party member to all major news media. | [15][16] |
Guðni Ágústsson (PP) | 17 November 2008 | Political dispute regarding the policies of his party. | [17][18] |
Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (SDA) | 27 May 2010 | Political scandal regarding the financing of her political campaign. | [19][20] |
References
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=15
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=653
- ↑ http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2009/01/25/bjorgvin_segir_af_ser/
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=7
- ↑ http://mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/163423/
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=1163
- ↑ http://ruv.is/frett/hanna-birna-segir-af-ser-i-dag
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=415
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=738
- ↑ http://www.visir.is/sigmundur-david-haettur/article/2016160409294
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=630
- ↑ http://eyjan.pressan.is/frettir/2009/09/30/ogmundur-jonasson-segir-af-ser-embaetti-radherraembaetti/
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=38
- ↑ http://mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/617190/
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=680
- ↑ http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2008/11/11/bjarni_segir_af_ser/
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=198
- ↑ http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2008/11/17/gudni_segir_af_ser_thingmennsku/
- ↑ http://althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=695
- ↑ http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2010/05/27/steinunn_segir_af_ser/
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