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TheCabinet of Iceland (Icelandic:Stjórnarráð Íslands) is the collective decision-making body of thegovernment of Iceland, composed of thePrime Minister and thecabinet ministers.

The Cabinet of Iceland is considered to have been formed 1 February 1904 whenhome rule was expanded inIceland andHannes Hafstein became the firstIcelander to hold the position ofMinister for Iceland in theCabinet of Denmark (Cabinet of Deuntzer).^[1] Aconstitutional amendment, confirmed on 3 October 1903, stated that the Minister for Iceland had to be a resident ofReykjavík and be able to read and writeIcelandic. The Minister for Iceland therefore belonged to both the Danish Cabinet and the newly created Icelandic Cabinet but was only answerable to theIcelandic Parliament.Executive power was thus transferred to Iceland with the creation of the Icelandic Cabinet (the executive branch of the government). In the beginning, there were no cabinetministers norministries (aside from the Minister for Iceland) that formed the Cabinet but instead the Cabinet was divided into three offices. The offices were called first, second and third office. The first office was responsible for court, school and church affairs, the second for employment, transport and postal affairs and the third for finance.^[2] The Minister for Iceland was the most supreme officeholder in the Cabinet, but each office was headed by an Office Manager and a National Secretary supervised the three managers.^[3] The position of Minister for Iceland in the Danish and Icelandic cabinet was discontinued 30 November 1918 as theDanish–Icelandic Act of Union was signed 1 December 1918 byDenmark andIceland. The agreement made Iceland asovereign state – theKingdom of Iceland – joined with Denmark in apersonal union with theDanish king as thehead of state of both kingdoms. The Minister for Iceland at the time of the signing of the agreement,Jón Magnússon, became the firstPrime Minister of Iceland.

As a result of the2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, the current cabinet is composed of theSocial Democratic Alliance,Viðreisn and thePeople's Party. It was formed on 21 December 2024.^[4]

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