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Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- Prime Minister hands in Government‘s resignation15 October 2024
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What we do
The role of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is to work in favor of a dynamic and progressive economy. The Ministry is based on the issues that were the responsibility of the Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Innovation, in addition to which the issues of forests, forestry and land reclamation fall under it.
About the ministry
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Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Bjarni Benediktsson
Bjarni Benediktsson is Prime Minister since 9 April 2024. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 14 October 2023 to 9 April 2024, and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 30 November 2017 to 14 October 2023. Has has been a member of the Icelandic parliament Althingi for Southwest Iceland since 2003, Bjarni Benediktsson has been leader of the Independence party since 2009.