Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture

Parliamentary career

• Member of Althingi for the Reykjavík South Constituency since 2009.

Party group

• Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Left-Green Movement 2013-2017.

Earlier committees

• Member of the Constitutional and Supervisory Committee 2017 (1st Deputy Chairman since 2017).
• Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees 2017.
• Member of the Judicial Affairs and Education Committee 2016 and 2013-2014.
• Member of the Environment and Communications Committee 2014-2016.
• Member of the Special Committee on the Standing Orders of Althingi 2014-2016.

Ministerial Career

• Minister of Health since 2017-2021.
• Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources 2012-2013.
• Minister for the Environment 2009-2012.