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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

The final results of yesterday's election in Iceland show that the ruling left-right coalition strengthened its majority despite Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir losing ground. The Independence Party won the most seats, with 16.
2021-09-26

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

The office of the Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir confirms that she will not meet the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence on his visit in September, citing "prior commitments."
2019-08-21

Left-Green Movement leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir fails to form a government after the breakdown of talks with her proposed four-party coalition.
2017-11-6

Opposition leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement receives the mandate to form a government with its coalition partners: the Social Democratic Alliance, the Progressives and the Pirates.
2017-11-2

Voters in Iceland go to the polls to elect 63 members of the Althing.
2017-10-28

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