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The then governing parties got a razor thin majority, 32 members of the Parliament against the opposition's 31, due to considerable losses for the Progressive Party, which had the worst election in its more than 90-year history. Major outcomes of the elections were also the considerable strengthening of the Left-Green Movement, was the election's big winner, and the failure of Iceland's Movement – Living Land to clear the election threshold and enter the parliament, though it got 3.3% of the votes.^[1] After five days of speculation, it was decided on 17 May that the government would resign and the 12-year long coalition between Independence Party and Progressive would end. Later the same day, the leaders of the Independence Party and of the largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Alliance, Geir H. Haarde, the outgoing Prime Minister, and Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, former mayor of Reykjavík, decided to try to form a new majority coalition. Haarde formally resigned on 18 May on behalf of his outgoing government. Simultaneously, he was assigned by the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the mandate to form a new majority coalition. The coalition meetings between the Independence Party and the Alliance were held in Reykjavík and at Þingvellir, where Alþingi was established in the year of 930. On 22 May the two parties reached an agreement, and the new government took over on 24 May. The ministers are as follows:^[2][3] In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to get any seats in the parliament. ... Geir Hilmar Haarde (born April 8, 1951) is an Icelandic politician. ... The Prime Minister of Iceland (Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Icelands head of government. ... Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (born 31st of December 1954, Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic politician and the leader of the social democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), the largest opposition party in the countrys parliament, the Althing. ... Location in Iceland Coordinates: , Constituency Government  - Mayor (Borgarstjóri) Dagur B. Eggertsson Area  - City 274. ... The President of Iceland (Icelandic: forseti Íslands) is Icelands elected head of state. ... Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson ( ) (born 14 May 1943, in Ísafjörður, Iceland) is the fifth and current President of Iceland, from 1996 to present, re-elected unopposed in 2000, and was re-elected for a third term in 2004. ... (Icelandic: : parliament, : plains) is a place in the southwest of Iceland near the peninsula of Reykjanes and the Hengill volcanic area. ... The Cabinet of Iceland is the chief executive body of the Republic of Iceland. ...

• Geir H. Haarde, Prime Minister (IP)
• Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of Foreign Affairs (SDA)
• Árni M. Mathiesen, Minister of Finance (IP)
• Einar K. Guðfinnsson, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture (IP)
• Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister of Industries (SDA)
• Björgvin G. Sigurðsson, Minister of Commerce (SDA)
• Björn Bjarnason, Minister of Justice (IP)
• Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Education (IP)
• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs (SDA)
• Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister of Health (IP)
• Kristján L. Möller, Minister of Transportation (SDA)
• Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir, Minister of Environment (SDA)

The Government enjoys a vast majority on Alþingi, 43 out of 63 members supporting it. In the government's manifesto it is stated that it will focus on children, the elderly and the environment. The government will lower taxes and raise benefits and invest heavily in education and transportation.^[4] The Social Democratic Alliance is more environmentalist and pro-EU and it stands against the war in Iraq and Iceland's participation in the "Coalition of the Willing". Nevertheless, no action was announced to stop or reconsider the building of large-scale industrial complexes such as aluminium smelters and in the development of new power plants, especially hydropower stations, or the country's participation in the war. ^[5] A commission, though, to weigh the pros and cons of European Union membership was set up, but without a clear mandate.^[6] Geir Hilmar Haarde (born April 8, 1951) is an Icelandic politician. ... Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (born 31st of December 1954, Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic politician and the leader of the social democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), the largest opposition party in the countrys parliament, the Althing. ... Össur Skarphéðinsson Dr. Össur Skarphéðinsson is an Icelandic politician, a member of the parliament (Althing) and a former chairman of The Social Democratic Alliance in Iceland. ... Björn Bjarnason, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. ... Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (sometimes Anglicised to, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir) (born 4 October 1965) is the vice-chairman of the Independence Party in Iceland. ... Icelandic Crisis Response Unit Team in Afghanistan Officers of the defence force in a trench on Vaðlaheiði in 1940. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with multinational force in Iraq. ...

On 23 May the chairman of the Progressive Party, Jón Sigurðsson, the outgoing Minister of Industries and Commerce, announced his resignation, due to poor results in the election. The vice chairman, Guðni Ágústsson, the outgoing Minister of Agriculture, took the post over.

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