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Ministry of Welfare (Iceland)
The
Ministry of
Welfare
is an Icelandic
cabinet-level
ministry founded 1
January 2011
. It is the result of the merger of the
Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security
, founded
17
April 1939
as the
Ministry of Social Affairs
and the
Ministry of Health
, founded 20
November 1959
. It is responsible for administration and
policy making
of
social affairs
,
health
and
social security
. The first
Minister of Welfare
was
Guðbjartur Hannesson
. As of
November 2017
, there are two ministers
heading
the Ministry of Welfare:
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
,
Minister of Social Affairs
and Equality, and
Svandís Svavarsdóttir
,
Minister of Health
.