Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal

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Benedikt Gröndal
Prime Minister of Iceland
In office 15 October 1979 – 8 February 1980
President	Kristján Eldjárn
Preceded by	Ólafur Jóhannesson
Succeeded by	Gunnar Thoroddsen
Personal details
Born	(1924-07-07)7 July 1924 Önundarfjörður, Iceland^[1]
Died	20 July 2010(2010-07-20) (aged 86) unknown
Nationality	Iceland
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (7 July 1924 – 20 July 2010)^[1] 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 from 1956 to 1982 and led his party from 1974 to 1980. He attended the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1966. After leaving the political scene in 1982 Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal was appointed ambassador of Iceland to Sweden and Finland. After residing for some years in Stockholm he served as roving ambassador to the Far East including Australia, China, South Korea and Japan. After serving two years as representative to the United Nations Benedikt Gröndal retired to his native home in 1991. He died on 20 July 2010.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Benedikt Gröndal dead (Icelandic)

Preceded by Ólafur Jóhannesson	Prime Minister of Iceland 1979–1980	Succeeded by Gunnar Thoroddsen

v t e Second cabinet of Ólafur Jóhannesson

Ministers	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal Hjörleifur Guttormsson Kjartan Jóhannsson Magnús Helgi Magnússon Ólafur Jóhannesson Ragnar Arnalds Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Tómas Árnason

v t e Cabinet of Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal

Ministers	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal Bragi Sigurjónsson Kjartan Jóhannsson Magnús Helgi Magnússon Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson Vilmundur Gylfason

v t e Prime Ministers of Iceland

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)	Jón Magnússon Sigurður Eggerz Jón Magnússon Magnús Guðmundsson Jón Þorláksson Tryggvi Þórhallsson Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Hermann Jónasson Ólafur Thors Björn Þórðarson

Republic of Iceland (1944–present)	Ólafur Thors Stefán J. Stefánsson Ólafur Thors Steingrímur Steinþórsson Ólafur Thors Hermann Jónasson Emil Jónsson Ólafur Thors Bjarni Benediktsson Jóhann Hafstein Ólafur Jóhannesson Geir Hallgrímsson Ólafur Jóhannesson Benedikt S. Gröndal Gunnar Thoroddsen Steingrímur Hermannsson Þorsteinn Pálsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

Authority control	VIAF: 150349 ISNI: 0000 0001 1931 7882 GND: 1012101746 BNF: cb13177883m

Persondata
Name	Grondal, Benedikt Sigurdsson
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic politician
Date of birth	7 July 1924
Place of birth	Önundarfjörður, Iceland
Date of death	20 July 2010
Place of death	unknown

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