title: Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson (2017)
text: # Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson (2017)
  
  The Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson 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, the Reform Party 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 the Reform Party and two were from Bright Future.
  
  ## Cabinet
  
  | Incumbent | Minister | Ministry | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Bjarni Benediktsson | Prime Minister | Prime Minister's Office | IP |
  | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Ministry for Foreign Affairs | IP |
  | Benedikt Jóhannesson | Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs | Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs | RP |
  | Sigríður Ásthildur Andersen | Minister of Justice | Ministry of the Interior | IP |
  | Jón Gunnarsson | Minister of Transport and Local Government | Ministry of the Interior | IP |
  | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | Ministry of Industries and Innovation | RP |
  | Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir | Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation | Ministry of Industries and Innovation | IP |
  | Björt Ólafsdóttir | Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources | Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources | BF |
  | Kristján Þór Júlíusson | Minister of Education, Science and Culture | Ministry of Education, Science and Culture | IP |
  | Þorsteinn Víglundsson | Minister of Social Affairs and Equality | Ministry of Welfare | RP |
  | Óttarr Proppé | Minister of Health | Ministry of Welfare | BF |
  