The Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic Ministry for the Environment (Icelandic: ) is a cabinet-level

Cabinet of Iceland

The Cabinet of Iceland is the chief executive body of the Republic of Iceland. It consists of the Prime Minister of Iceland and the cabinet ministers....

 ministry founded in 1990. It is responsible for a wide-range of measures designed to protect nature in Iceland, such as planning and building affairs, conservation, pollution control, fire prevention, meteorology and cartography. The minister now is Svandís Svavarsdóttir.

Since 2009-02-01 the minister has been Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir is an Icelandic politician with the Left-Green Movement. She has been a member of the Althing for Reykjavík constituencies since 1999. She is currently Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, having assumed office 1 February 2009.- External links :*...

 of the Left-Green Movement

Left-Green Movement

The Left-Green Movement is a left-wing political party in Iceland.It was founded in 1999 by a few members of Alþingi who did not approve of the planned merger of the left parties in Iceland that resulted in the founding of the Social Democratic Alliance...

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See also

• Environment Committee (Iceland)
  Environment Committee (Iceland)
  The Environment Committee is a standing committee of the Icelandic parliament....
  
  
• List of ministers

External links

• Official site