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Pictures of New Icelandic Government!

1/12/2017

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Back row, from left: Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Þorsteinn Víglundsson, Jón Gunnarsson, Kristján Þór Júíusson, Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir and Björt Ólafsdóttir. Front row, from left: Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Benedikt Jóhannesson, Bjarni Benediktsson, Óttarr Proppé and Sigríður Á. Andersen. Photo: Geir Ólafsson.
A new government, led by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, has now officially taken power in Iceland. It did so following a state council meeting today. The government has eleven ministers, seven men and four women. Six of the ministers are from the Independence Party, three from the Reform Party and two from Bright Future. The government has a tight majority, or 32 out of 63 members of parliament.
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The new cabinet, pictured with Icelandic President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. Photo: Geir Ólafsson.
Outgoing PM Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson promised his Progressive Party would be tough, issue-based and sensible in the opposition, RÚV reports. He said he was grateful for having served the nation and for the progress his government had made.
He wished the new government well and stressed the importance of looking at the nation as a whole. “There are 332,000 people who live in this country in different types of industry, all of which should have equal rights.”
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Iceland Review photographer Geir Ólafsson took pictures of the new cabinet at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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    Election 2016 Results 

    Invalid/blank votes 5,574
    Total 195,204
    Registered voters 246,515
    ​Turnout 79.19%

    Independence Party (54,990) 29.00% 21 seats
    Left-Green Movement (30,166) 15.91% 10 seats
    Pirate Party (27,449) 14.48% 10 seats
    Progressive Party (21,791) 11.49% 8 seats
    Reform (19,870) 10.48% 7 seats
    Bright Future (13,578) 7.16% 4 seats
    Social Democratic Alliance (10,893) 5.74% 3 seats
    People’s Party (6,707) 3.54 % No seats
    Dawn (3,275) 1.7% No seats
    People’s Front of Iceland (575) 0.30% No seats
    Icelandic National Front (303) 0.16% No seats
    Humanist Party (33) 0.02% No seats

    In brief | Pirate Party
    What: A pro-free speech, anti-authoritarian political party in Iceland
    Formed: 2012

    Founders: A group of anarchists, hackers and internet-freedom activists

    Leader: The party eschews formal leaders but Birgitta Jonsdottir is the most senior of three Pirate lawmakers in Iceland’s parliament

    Pirate policies
    • direct democracy
    • a new national constitution
    • public vetoes over new laws
    • greater scrutiny of the workings of government
    • strict safeguards for individuals’ online and offline privacy
    • public ownership of the country’s natural resources

    “I would like everybody in Iceland to find the pirate within, because the pirate within really represents change and a collective vision for the future.”
    - Birgitta Jonsdottir, Pirate Party lawmaker

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