National
Prime Minister
- Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of Iceland
- Exact method
- Appointed by the President (Constitution Art. 15), in practice after the party leaders negotiate a coalition and the President gives the leader of the party most able to form a government a mandate. The Prime Minister then proposes the other ministers.
- Chosen by
- President of Iceland
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Kristrún Frostadóttir S since December 2024 Report Source: althingi.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: Prime Minister
- 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: Prime Minister in Icelandic
- althingi.is · checked Althingi, XML list of ministers and per-minister ministerial history (radherrar, radherraseta), queried for 12.10.2026, read 2026-10-12: 11 ministers and portfolios. Start dates: Fallback: Wikipedia, Cabinet of Kristrun Frostadottir (page last edited 2026-04-04), because the Althingi XML only gives session start dates; cross-checked against the Althingi portfolio list. For: Kristrún Frostadóttir, current term