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Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs Bjarni Benediktsson is appointed Prime Minister after Katrín Jakobsdóttir's resignation on 5 April.
2024-04-9

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir resigns and announces that she is standing as a candidate for the presidential election on 1 June.
2024-04-5

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir's second cabinet takes office after reaching an agreement with the Left-Green Movement, the Independence Party and the Progressive Party.
2021-11-28

Early election results show that the three-party coalition led by Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement is expected to retain their majority.
2021-09-25

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is criticised after his father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child molester be pardoned. The Bright Future party withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its collapse.
2017-09-15

Icelandic voters elect 30 women to parliament, the most ever for the island nation. Voter turnout was under 80 percent, the lowest ever.
2016-10-30

Iceland’s incumbent, centre-right Independence Party surprised pollsters by winning 29 percent of the vote (21 seats), thereby putting leader Bjarni Benediktsson in position to organize another coalition government. The Progressive Party, the current ruling partner, garnered 11.5% and eight positions, a loss of 11 seats. The new Pirate Party didn't perform as predicted with 14.5% of the ballots, though it did get 10 seats, an increase of seven more positions in the 63-seat parliament (Althing).
2016-10-30

With about 25 percent of the votes counted, the Independence Party is receiving about 30 percent of the ballots cast. The Pirate Party, which led in most of this month's polls, is getting about 13 percent.
2016-10-29

Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson refuses to resign after leaked "Panama Papers" tax documents showed he and his wife used an offshore firm to allegedly hide million-dollar investments. "I have not considered quitting because of this matter nor am I going to quit because of this matter," Gunnlaugsson told Icelandic television Channel 2.
2016-04-4

The trial of former Prime Minister of Iceland Geir Haarde on charges of negligence in relation to the financial crisis begins in Reykjavík.
2012-03-5