The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state, while the prime minister of Iceland serves as the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament, the Althingi. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The president of Iceland is the head of state of Iceland. The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his second term as president, elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland from 1996 to 2016. He was previously a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the People's Alliance and served as Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1991.
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on Saturday, 26 June 2004.
Jón Gnarr is an Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who served as the Mayor of Reykjavík from 2010 to 2014.
Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 11 March 2007. As no candidate received a majority of the votes, a second round was held on 25 March between the top two candidates, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah. Abdallahi won the second round with about 53% of the vote and took office in April.
Presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 23 December 2007. Incumbent president Islam Karimov was re-elected with 91% of the vote.
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1996. The result was a victory for Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who received 41.4% of the vote.
Presidential elections were held in Zambia on 30 October 2008 following the death of the incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa on 19 August 2008, as the elections had to be called within 90 days of his death. It was expected that there would be internal problems within the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) as Mwanawasa had not declared a successor prior to his death, but Acting President Rupiah Banda was selected as the MMD's candidate without apparent problems. Michael Sata stood as the candidate of the Patriotic Front (PF), while Hakainde Hichilema stood as the candidate of the United Party for National Development (UPND). Godfrey Miyanda stood as the candidate of the Heritage Party.
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 2012. The result was a victory for the incumbent Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who defeated his nearest rival Thóra Arnórsdóttir by nearly 20% of the vote, and went on to serve a record fifth term as president of Iceland.
Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Iceland in 2000. However, incumbent President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was the only candidate, and the election was uncontested.
Ástþór Magnússon Wium is an Icelandic businessman and peace activist, who is best known for being the founder of the first credit card company in Iceland and as a perennial candidate for the office of President of Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 2012 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 2004 in Iceland.
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 2016. President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, elected in 1996, stepped down after serving five consecutive terms. The history professor Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was elected after receiving a plurality of 39.1% of the vote. He took office on 1 August, as the first new president of Iceland in twenty years.
Baldur Ágústsson is an Icelandic businessman, who ran for president of Iceland in 2004 and 2016.
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson is an Icelandic historian and politician who became the sixth president of Iceland in 2016. He was reelected in 2020 with 92.2% of the vote. On 1 January 2024, Guðni announced in his new year's address to the Icelandic people that he would not stand for election again in 2024.
Guðrún Agnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician and physician. She served in the Alþingi from 1983 to 1990 as a member of the Women's List, and ran for the presidency of Iceland in 1996. She served as CEO of Iceland's cancer society from 1992 to 2009, when she retired to spend time with her family and to continue farming forests.
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson, is an Icelandic businessman and former politician who was known to be a presidential candidate in the 2020 Icelandic presidential election.
Presidential elections are due to be held in Iceland on 1 June 2024. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has announced he will not be seeking a third term.
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