Iceland's right-wing coalition government on Wednesday April 06,2016 named a new prime
minister and said it would hold elections in the autumn, after the
previous leader was forced to step down over his implication in the
Panama Papers scandal.
The Progressive Party and the Independence Party agreed after talks late on Wednesday to hand the prime minister post to the current agriculture minister, Sigurdur Ingi Johannssonn(53)of the Progressives.
He replaces Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, 41, who stepped down Tuesday amid massive public protests over a hidden offshore account revealed in the massive so-called Panama Papers leak.
Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson (L), minister of fisheries and agriculture of the Progressive Party who was named as new prime minister by two government coalition parties attends press conference together with finance minster Bjarni Benediktsson in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 6, 2016.
The Progressive Party and the Independence Party agreed after talks late on Wednesday to hand the prime minister post to the current agriculture minister, Sigurdur Ingi Johannssonn(53)of the Progressives.
He replaces Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, 41, who stepped down Tuesday amid massive public protests over a hidden offshore account revealed in the massive so-called Panama Papers leak.
Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson (L), minister of fisheries and agriculture of the Progressive Party who was named as new prime minister by two government coalition parties attends press conference together with finance minster Bjarni Benediktsson in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 6, 2016.
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