Coalition to hold autumn elections as Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson is named successor to Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson following Panama Papers revelations
Iceland’s crisis-hit coalition government has appointed a new prime minister and pledged to hold parliamentary elections before the end of this year.
A day after Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson – the first major casualty of the Panama Papers – stepped aside after popular outrage at revelations of his family’s offshore holdings, the ruling Progressive and Independence parties named the agriculture and fisheries minister, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, as his successor.
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