Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson

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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 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	(1955-12-02) 2 December 1955 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 is speaker of Althing. He was Iceland's Minister of Fisheries from September 2005, and became Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture when the two ministries merged on 1 January 2008 until 1 February 2009. 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. 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 – 2009	Succeeded by Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
	Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2007 – 2009	Succeeded by Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Preceded by Guðni Ágústsson as Minister of Agriculture

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 Halldór Ásgrímsson

Ministers	Árni Magnússon Árni Mathiesen Björn Bjarnason Davíð Oddsson Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson Geir Haarde Guðni Ágústsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Jón Halldór Kristjánsson Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir Siv Friðleifsdóttir Sturla Böðvarsson Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

v t e First cabinet of Geir Haarde

Ministers	Árni Mathiesen Björn Bjarnason Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson Geir Haarde Guðni Ágústsson Jón Sigurðsson Jónína Bjartmarz Magnús Stefánsson Siv Friðleifsdóttir Sturla Böðvarsson Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

v t e Second cabinet of Geir Haarde

Ministers	Árni Mathiesen Björgvin G. Sigurðsson Björn Bjarnason Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson Geir Haarde Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Kristján L. Möller Össur Skarphéðinsson Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Persondata
Name	Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic politician
Date of birth	2 December 1955
Place of birth	Bolungarvík, Iceland
Date of death
Place of death

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