Magnús Guðmundsson (politician)

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Prime Minister of Iceland
Magnús Guðmundsson

In office June 23, 1926 – July 8, 1926
Preceded by	Jón Magnússon
Succeeded by	Jón Þorláksson

Born	February 6, 1879(1879-02-06) Rútsstaðir, Svínadalur, Iceland
Died	November 28, 1937 (aged 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). He was the Minister of Industrial Affairs in the presiding Government of Jón Magnússon from 1924 to 1927. Prior to that he had served as minister of Finance from 1920 to 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, from 1932 to 1934.

Preceded by Jón Magnússon (politician)	Prime Minister of Iceland (acting) 1926	Succeeded by Jón Þorláksson

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Iceland

Home rule, 1904-1918 and Kingdom of Iceland, 1918-1944: Hannes • Björn J. • Kristján • Hannes • Sigurður • Einar • Jón M. • Sigurður • Jón M. • Magnús (acting) • Jón Þ. • Tryggvi • Ásgeir • Hermann • Ólafur Thors • Björn Þ. Republic of Iceland, 1944-: Ólafur Thors • Stefán • Ólafur Thors • Steingrímur • Ólafur Thors • Hermann • Emil • Ólafur Thors • Bjarni • Jóhann • Ólafur J. • Geir Hallgrímsson • Ólafur J. • Benedikt • Gunnar • Steingrímur • Þorsteinn • Steingrímur • Davíð • Halldór • Geir Haarde