President of Iceland - List of Presidents

List of Presidents

Term: 1 appointed · 2 died in office · 3 uncontested

Nº President Took office Left office Duration Term Prime ministers
1 Sveinn Björnsson
 17 June 1944 25 January 19522 7 years, 7 months, 8 days
 1 1 Björn Þórðarson
Ólafur Thors
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
Ólafur Thors
Steingrímur Steinþórsson
2 3
3 3
2 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
 1 August 1952 1 August 1968 16 years
 4 Steingrímur Steinþórsson
Ólafur Thors
Hermann Jónasson
Emil Jónsson
Ólafur Thors
Bjarni Benediktsson
Ólafur Thors
Bjarni Benediktsson
5 3
6 3
7 3
3 Kristján Eldjárn
 1 August 1968 1 August 1980 12 years
 8 Bjarni Benediktsson
Jóhann Hafstein
Ólafur Jóhannesson
Geir Hallgrímsson
Ólafur Jóhannesson
Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal
Gunnar Thoroddsen
9 3
10 3
4 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
 1 August 1980 1 August 1996 16 years
 11 Gunnar Thoroddsen
Steingrímur Hermannsson
Þorsteinn Pálsson
Steingrímur Hermannsson
Davíð Oddsson
12 3
13
14 3
5 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
 1 August 1996 Incumbent 700116000000000000016 years, 7002117000000000000117 days
 15 Davíð Oddsson
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Geir Haarde
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
16 3
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18 3
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