President of Iceland

The President of Iceland (Icelandic: Forseti Íslands) is Iceland's elected head of state. The president is elected to a four-year term by universal adult suffrage and has limited powers. The constitution does not limit the number of terms the president is allowed to serve. There have been five presidents since Iceland became a Republic in 1944. The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his first term as president, elected in 2016.

President of Iceland

The President of Iceland (Icelandic: Forseti Íslands) is Iceland's elected head of state. The president is elected to a four-year term by universal adult suffrage and has limited powers. The constitution does not limit the number of terms the president is allowed to serve. There have been five presidents since Iceland became a Republic in 1944. The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his first term as president, elected in 2016.