Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson (2017)

Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson

44th Cabinet of Iceland
Date formed11 January 2017 (2017-01-11)
Date dissolved15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
People and organisations
PresidentGuðni Th. Jóhannesson
Prime MinisterBjarni Benediktsson
No. of ministers11
Member parties
  •   Independence Party (D)
  •   Viðreisn (C)
  •   Bright Future (A)
Status in legislatureMajority government (coalition)
32 / 63 (51%)









Opposition parties  Social Democratic Alliance (S)
  People's Party (F)
  Pirate Party (P)
  Viðreisn (C)
  Centre Party (M)
History
Election2016 parliamentary election
PredecessorSigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
SuccessorKatrín Jakobsdóttir

The Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson, nicknamed “The DAC government” (Icelandic: DAC stjórnin) or “The Kópavogur government” (Icelandic: Kópavogsstjórnin), was formed on 11 January 2017, following the 2016 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Bjarni Benediktsson of the Independence Party, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The cabinet was a coalition government consisting the Independence Party, Viðreisn and Bright Future. Together they held 32 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Iceland and served as a majority government. In the cabinet, there were eleven ministers where six were from the Independence Party, three were from Viðreisn and two were from Bright Future.

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