President of Iceland
The President of Iceland (Icelandic: Forseti Íslands) is the head of state of Iceland. The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his first term as president.
| President of Iceland
Forseti Íslands | |
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| Office of the President | |
| Member of | State Council of Iceland |
| Residence | Bessastaðir |
| Seat | Garðabær, Capital Region |
| Term length | Four years Renewable indefinitely as long as the incumbent wins presidential elections or is uncontested. |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Iceland |
| Precursor | King of Iceland |
| Inaugural holder | Sveinn Björnsson |
| Formation | 17 June 1944 |
| Succession | Collective President of the Parliament, Prime Minister and President of the Supreme Court. |
| Salary | €289,000 annual[1] (2017) |
| Website | english forseti |
The president is elected to a four-year term by popular vote, is not term-limited, and has limited powers. The presidential residence is in Bessastaðir in Garðabær, near the capital city Reykjavík.
List
There have been six presidents since the establishment of the republic.
Term: 1 appointed · 2 died in office · 3 uncontested
| Nº | President | Took office | Left office | Duration | Term | Prime ministers | |
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| 1 |  |
Sveinn Björnsson (1881–1952) |
17 June 1944 | 25 January 19522 | 7 years, 7 months, 8 days (2,778 days) |
1 (1944)1 | Björn Þórðarson Ólafur Thors Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson Ólafur Thors Steingrímur Steinþórsson |
| 2 (1945)3 | |||||||
| 3 (1949)3 | |||||||
| Regent of Iceland 1941–1944, later became the first president of Iceland. In 1950 considered forming a government that did not rely on parliamentary support after leaders of the parliamentary parties had reached an impasse. The only president to die in office; this led to a vacancy, the powers of the office being constitutionally vested jointly in the prime minister (Steingrímur Steinþórsson), the president of the Parliament (Jón Pálmason) and the president of the Supreme Court (Jón Ásbjörnsson). | |||||||
| 2 |  |
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894–1972) |
1 August 1952 | 1 August 1968 | 16 years (5,844 days) |
4 (1952) | Steingrímur Steinþórsson Ólafur Thors Hermann Jónasson Emil Jónsson Ólafur Thors Bjarni Benediktsson Ólafur Thors Bjarni Benediktsson |
| 5 (1956)3 | |||||||
| 6 (1960)3 | |||||||
| 7 (1964)3 | |||||||
| First president elected by popular vote. | |||||||
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Kristján Eldjárn (1916–1982) |
1 August 1968 | 1 August 1980 | 12 years (4,383 days) |
8 (1968) | Bjarni Benediktsson Jóhann Hafstein Ólafur Jóhannesson Geir Hallgrímsson Ólafur Jóhannesson Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal Gunnar Thoroddsen |
| 9 (1972)3 | |||||||
| 10 (1976)3 | |||||||
| At one point considered forming a government that did not rely on parliamentary support after leaders of the parliamentary parties had reached an impasse. | |||||||
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (born 1930) |
1 August 1980 | 1 August 1996 | 16 years (5,844 days) |
11 (1980) | Gunnar Thoroddsen Steingrímur Hermannsson Þorsteinn Pálsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Davíð Oddsson |
| 12 (1984)3 | |||||||
| 13 (1988) | |||||||
| 14 (1992)3 | |||||||
| Was the world's first elected female president and overwhelmingly won a contested election in 1988. | |||||||
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (born 1943) |
1 August 1996 | 1 August 2016 | 20 years (7,305 days) |
15 (1996) | Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| 16 (2000)3 | |||||||
| 17 (2004) | |||||||
| 18 (2008)3 | |||||||
| 19 (2012) | |||||||
| First to use the constitutional authorisation to deny signing a law from the Parliament, thus sending the law to a national referendum, on three occasions. | |||||||
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Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (born 1968) |
1 August 2016 | Incumbent (Term expires on 1 August 2024) |
7 years, 312 days (2868 days) |
20 (2016) | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir Bjarni Benediktsson |
| 21 (2020) | |||||||
| Won first term in office with the second lowest share of the votes for a first-term election (39.08%) and won second term in office with the second highest share of the votes for a second-term election (92.18%). | |||||||
| Elect | Halla Tómasdóttir (born 1968) |
1 August 2024 | 0 | 22 (2024) | Bjarni Benediktsson | ||
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