Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Iceland)


The Icelandic Ministry of Justice and Human Rights was a cabinet-level ministry within the government of Iceland. Since 2 September 2010, the minister had been Ögmundur Jónasson. The institution was previously known as the "Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs".
Since 2011, it was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government to form the Ministry of Interior.

List of ministers

Ministers of Justice, Church and Human Rights (1904-2010)

Since Iceland received the Cabinet of Ministers in 1904, the Minister of Justice and the Ministry of Justice went to the ministers in 1917.
MinisterfromtoCategoryother
Hannes Hafstein19041909
Björn Jónsson19091911
Kristján Jónsson19111912
Hannes Hafstein19121914
Sigurður Eggerz19141915
Einar Arnórsson19151917
Jón Magnússon19171922First Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Sigurður Eggerz19221924
Jón Magnússon19241926
Magnús Guðmundsson19261927
Jonas from Hriflu19271931
Tryggvi Thorhallsson19311931
Jonas from Hriflu19311932
Magnús Guðmundsson19321932Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs ; Attorney General
Thorsteinn Briem19321932Only Attorney General
Thorsteinn Briem19321934Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Magnús Guðmundsson19321934Only Attorney General
Hermann Jónasson19341942
Magnús Jónsson19421942Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Jakob Möller19421942Only Attorney General
Jakob Möller19421942Only Attorney General
Björn Þórðarson19421944Only Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Einar Arnórsson19421944Only Attorney General
Björn Þórðarson19441944

Ministers of Interior

Attorney General