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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is linked culturally and politically with Europe, and is the region's most sparsely populated country.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 510 entities connected with Iceland. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We include 1 data source published by authorities or organizations based in Iceland. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

NamePublisherUpdatesEntities
Iceland parliamentAlþingi daily64

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Iceland

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Iceland.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 368 entities identified as PEPs connected with Iceland.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President2--
Prime Minister1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Iceland)11-
Minister for Nordic Cooperation-101
Minister for the Environment, Energy, & Climate15-
Minister of Agriculture-2-
Minister of Culture and Business Affairs1--
Minister of Education-2-
Minister of Education & Children's Affairs1--
Minister of Education, Science and Culture-4-
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (Iceland)15-
Minister of Food, Fisheries & Agriculture1--
Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture (Iceland)-11
Minister of Health (Iceland)181
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (Iceland)--1
Minister of Higher Education, Science, & Innovation1--
Minister of Industry and Commerce of Iceland-1-
Minister of Infrastructure1-1
Minister of Justice1--
Minister of Justice (Iceland)-71
Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Iceland-2-
Minister of Social Affairs-4-
Minister of Social Affairs & the Labor Market1--
Minister of Social Affairs and Children-1-
Minister of Social Affairs and Equality-2-
Minister of Social Affairs and Housing-1-
Minister of the Interior1--
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation-1-
Minister of Transport and Local Government-1-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the 2003-2007 Parliament of Iceland-41
Member of the 2013-2016 Parliament of Iceland-65-
Member of the 2016-2017 Parliament of Iceland-621
Member of the Althing-3104
Member of the Althing63--
Member of the Alþingi-17513
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President of the Supreme Court of Iceland--1
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Director, Central Bank of Iceland1--
Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland--1
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassadeur d'Autriche en Islande--3
ambassadeur des Pays-Bas en Islande--1
ambassadeur du Honduras en Islande--1
ambassadeur du Rwanda en Islande--1
ambassador of Brazil to Iceland--1
ambassador of Estonia to Iceland-11
ambassador of Germany to Iceland-41
ambassador of Israel to Iceland-11
Ambassador of Mozambique to Iceland-31
ambassador of Palestine to Iceland-23
ambassador of Poland to Iceland-2-
ambassador of Spain to Iceland-41
ambassador of Sweden to Iceland-2-
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Iceland-41
ambassador of Uruguay to Iceland--1
ambassador to Iceland-1-
Ambassador to the US1--
United States Ambassador to Iceland-21

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the 2017–2021 Parliament of Iceland-65-
Member of the 2021– Parliament of Iceland-262
President of Iceland-11
Prime Minister of Iceland-11
Member of the 2009-2013 Parliament of Iceland--1
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland1--
Minister of Culture and Business Affairs (Iceland)--1
Minister of Education and Children (Iceland)--1
Minister of the Interior of Iceland-1-
Permanent Secretary General--1
President of Iceland1--
Prime Minister of Iceland1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...