Kristrún Frostadóttir Becomes Iceland's Youngest Prime Minister

The 36-year-old Social Democrat leads a historic coalition with a female-majority cabinet after recent elections reshaped Iceland’s political landscape.

• Kristrún Frostadóttir, leader of the Social Democratic Alliance, has been named Iceland's new prime minister at age 36, the youngest in the nation's history.
• The new government is a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Liberal Reform Party, and the People's Party, which collectively hold 36 of the 63 parliamentary seats.
• For the first time in Iceland's history, women outnumber men in the cabinet, with key roles going to Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (Foreign Minister) and Inga Sæland (Social and Housing Minister).
• The coalition replaces a previous government that collapsed in October due to disagreements over migration, energy, and foreign policy, prompting early elections.
• The Social Democrats emerged as the strongest party in the November election, doubling their previous results, while the former ruling parties suffered significant losses, with the Left-Green Movement losing all parliamentary representation.

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