Bjarni Benediktsson, Jr.

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

Bjarni Benediktsson

Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2013
Prime Minister	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Preceded by	Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir
Personal details
Born	26 January 1970 Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Independence Party
Spouse(s)	Þóra Margrét Baldvinsdóttir
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Iceland

Bjarni Benediktsson (born 26 January 1970 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs since 23 May 2013 and leader of the Icelandic Independence Party since 2009. He has no family relationship with the former Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson. The media sometimes refer to them as Bjarni Benediktsson Sr and Bjarni Benediktsson Jr to differentiate between the identical names of the two politicians.

Bjarni was elected leader of the conservative Independence Party at its national convention on 29 March 2009 with 58.1 percent of the vote, about a month before the April 2009 Icelandic legislative elections.^[1] The party came in second in the elections with 16 seats, nine fewer than in the previous elections. After conceding defeat on 26 April 2009, Bjarni said his party had lost the trust of voters. "We lost this time but we will win again later," he said.^[2]

In the 2013 Althing elections on 28 April the Independence Party and their ally the Progressive Party each won 19 seats.^[3] On 17 May 2013 Icelandic media reported that Bjarni would take up the position of Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in a cabinet led by Progressive Party leader Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.^[4]

A lawyer, Bjarni is a member of a family associated with Iceland's political and economic elite.^[5]

After obtaining a law degree at the University of Iceland, Bjarni completed his studies in Germany and the United States before returning to Iceland to work as a lawyer. He entered the national parliament in 2003 and has been active in several committees in the areas of economy and taxation, industry and foreign affairs.

Married with four children, his interests include football and fishing.

References

↑ "New Chairman Elected for Iceland’s Independents", Iceland Review, 30 March 2009, retrieved 26 April 2009
↑ Centre-left wins Iceland election, BBC News, 26 April 2009, retrieved 26 April 2009
↑ Iceland vote: Centre-right opposition wins election, BBC News, 28 April 2013, retrieved 1 May 2013
↑ Iceland Election: Sigmundur Davíð to be Prime Minister icelandreview.com, 18 May 2013, retrieved 19 May 2013
↑ Bjarni Benediktsson, jurista y miembro de la élite política y económica, adn.es, retrieved 26 April 2009 . (Spanish)

Political offices
Preceded by Katrín Júlíusdóttir	Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs 2013–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Geir Haarde	Leader of the Independence Party 2009–present	Incumbent

v t e Members of the Althing

Norðausturkjördæmi	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Kristján Þór Júlíusson Höskuldur Þór Þórhallsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir Kristján L. Möller Þórunn Egilsdóttir Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir Brynhildur Pétursdóttir

Norðvesturkjördæmi	Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Einar K. Guðfinnsson Ásmundur Einar Daðason Haraldur Benediktsson Guðbjartur Hannesson Elsa Lára Arnardóttir Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir

Reykjavíkurkjördæmi norður	Illugi Gunnarsson Frosti Sigurjónsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir Össur Skarphéðinsson Brynjar Þór Níelsson Björt Ólafsdóttir Sigrún Magnúsdóttir Árni Þór Sigurðsson Birgir Ármannsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Valgerður Bjarnadóttir

Reykjavíkurkjördæmi suður	Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir Vigdís Hauksdóttir Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir Pétur H. Blöndal Svandís Svavarsdóttir Róbert Marshall Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Karl Garðarsson Helgi Hjörvar Jón Þór Ólafsson Óttarr Proppé

Suðurkjördæmi	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir Páll Jóhann Pálsson Oddný G. Harðardóttir Ásmundur Friðriksson Haraldur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Árnason

Suðvesturkjördæmi	Bjarni Benediktsson Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir Árni Páll Árnason Willum Þór Þórsson Jón Gunnarsson Guðmundur Steingrímsson Ögmundur Jónasson Vilhjálmur Bjarnason Þorsteinn B. Sæmundsson Katrín Júlíusdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir Elín Hirst

v t e Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

Ministers	Bjarni Benediktsson Eygló Harðardóttir Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir Illugi Gunnarsson Kristján Þór Júlíusson Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson

Persondata
Name	Benediktsson, Bjarni, Jr.
Alternative names	Bjarni Benediktsson
Short description	Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (Iceland), Leader of the Independence Party (Iceland)
Date of birth	26 January 1970
Place of birth	Reykjavik
Date of death
Place of death

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