Iceland Appoints New Prime Minister

Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, Iceland's minister of agriculture and fisheries and the deputy leader of the center-right Progressive Party, has been named the country's new Prime Minister following the departure of Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, who was implicated in the massive leak known as the Panama Papers.

Johannsson, who is 53, was appointed by the country's ruling coalition; elections will take place in the fall, the BBC reports.