Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic or matronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Einar.

Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
In office 27 September 2005 (as Minister of Fisheries) – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Halldór Ásgrímsson; Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Árni Mathiesen (as Minister of Fisheries) Guðni Ágústsson (as Minister of Agriculture)
Succeeded by	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Personal details
Born	2 December 1955 (1955-12-02) (age 56) Bolungarvík, Iceland
Political party	Independence Party
Spouse(s)	Sigrún J. Þórisdóttir
Children	three children
Alma mater	University of Essex

Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (born 2 December 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He has been Iceland's Minister of Fisheries since September 2005, and became Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture when the two ministries merged on 1 January 2008. He has been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) since 1991.

Note on pronunciation

ð is the letter edh, which in Icelandic represents a voiced dental fricative, as in th in the English word "them."

References

"Minister of Fisheries – CV". Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture. http://eng.sjavarutvegsraduneyti.is/minister/cv. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

Political offices
Preceded by Árni Mathiesen	Minister of Fisheries 2005–2007	Post merged with Ministry of Agriculture
New title	Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2007 – present	Succeeded by Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Preceded by Guðni Ágústsson as Minister of Agriculture	Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2007 – present	Succeeded by Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

Persondata
Name	Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson
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Date of birth	2 December 1955
Place of birth	Bolungarvík, Iceland
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