Icelandic presidential election, 2008

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A presidential election was planned to be held in Iceland on 28 June 2008.^[1] The incumbent Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, first elected in 1996, stated in his New Year's speech that he would contest the election for a fourth term.^[2] Ástþór Magnússon, who ran unsuccessfully in 1996 and 2004, has ruled out a candidacy.^[3] No challenger to the incumbent president filed by the deadline to declare a candidacy on 24 May 2008,^[4] and so Grimsson's fourth term was won uncontested.^[5]

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