The Minister of the Interior (Icelandic: Innanríkisráðherra) was the head of Iceland's Ministry of the Interior (Icelandic: Innanríkisráðuneyti Íslands) from 2011 to 2017. The Ministry of the Interior was created on 1 January 2011 as the result of the merger of two ministries, those of Justice and Human Rights and Transport, Communications and Local Government.