National
Presidency of Iceland
- Icelandic: Forseti Íslands
Governs Iceland
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Source: government.is, checkedAt a glance
What it can't do
The President is head of state but, apart from refusing assent to laws (which triggers a referendum), formal powers are exercised through ministers who are responsible to the Althing.
Next vote
- Must be held by July 2028 (no fixed date) General election · President of Iceland
Who sits on it
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President of Iceland
Elected
- HT Halla Tómasdóttir President of Iceland · since August 2024
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of Iceland government.is · checked
- Halla Tómasdóttir as President of Iceland althingi.is · checked
What it can do
- Appointment of ministers
The President appoints and dismisses ministers and decides their number and duties (Art. 15), acting on the advice of the Prime Minister.
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Sources for what it can do
- Appointment of ministers government.is · checked
Sources
- government.is · checked Government of Iceland, Constitution of the Republic of Iceland (Act no. 33/1944 as amended), read 2026-10-12: structure, selection and competences of the President, ministers, Althing and courts. Offices without a dated source are drawn from the Constitution text. For: Presidency of Iceland, President of Iceland
- government.is · checked Constitution of the Republic of Iceland, read 2026-10-12. For: What it can't do
- althingi.is · checked Althingi, official Icelandic titles in the ministers list; Icelandic names of bodies from island.is and althingi.is, read 2026-10-12. For: Presidency of Iceland in Icelandic
- government.is · checked Constitution of the Republic of Iceland, read 2026-10-12: the cited articles. For: Appointment of ministers
- althingi.is · checked Althingi, XML list of presiding officers (forsetar), session 158, read 2026-10-12: President of Iceland and Speaker of the Althing. President term dates from Statistics Iceland (statice.is), presidential election 1 June 2024: term 1 Aug 2024 to 31 Jul 2028. For: Halla Tómasdóttir as President of Iceland
- althingi.is · checked Constitution of Iceland: Althing elected for four years (Art. 31); President elected for four years from 1 August of the election year (Art. 6, Statistics Iceland 2024 results). No later date announced as of 2026-10-12. For: General election, July 31, 2028