Benedikt Gröndal
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Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (born July 7, 1924) was Prime Minister of Iceland for the Social Democratic (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 15 October 1979 to 8 February 1980. Prior to that he was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978-1980. He was minister of foreign affairs during his tenure as PM, therefore the only politician from the independence 1944 to serve in both cabinet positions at the same time. His government was the second Social Democrat minority government of Iceland. He was member of Althingi 1956-1982. He attended the General Assembly of UN 1966.
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| Preceded by Ólafur Jóhannesson |
Prime Minister of Iceland 1979–1980 |
Succeeded by Gunnar Thoroddsen |
