Magnús Guðmundsson (politician)

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Magnús Guðmundsson
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Prime Minister of Iceland
In office January 4, 1917 – March 17, 1922
Preceded by	Jón Magnússon
Succeeded by	Jón Þorláksson

Born	February 6, 1879 Rútsstaðir, Svínadalur, Iceland
Died	November 28, 1937 - (at age 58) Iceland
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse	Sofia Bogadóttir

Magnús Guðmundsson was an Icelandic politician (born 6. February 1879, died 28 November 1937). He graduated in laws from the University of Copenhagen in 1907. Magnus was a member of Althingi for his constituency in North west Iceland from 1916 till the day of his death in 1937. He served as acting Prime Minister of Iceland from 23 June to 8 July 1926, and was a member of the now defunct Conservative Party (Íhaldsflokkurinn). Since he was the Minister of Industrial Affairs in the presiding Government of Jón Magnússon 1924-1927. Prior to that he had served as minister of Finance 1920-1922. He was a founding member of the Independence Party and served as a minister of Justice in the first government that the Independence Party participated in, 1932-1934.