The Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs () is the head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The current Minister of Education and Children's Affairs is Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson.
The Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969, which had been passed by the parliament 28 May 1969, took effect on 1 January 1970. Thus the Cabinet was formally established along with its ministries which had up until then not formally existed separately from the ministers.