Gylfi Magnússon

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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 Gylfi.

Gylfi Magnússon
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 1 February 2009 – 2 September 2010
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Björgvin G. Sigurðsson
Succeeded by	Árni Páll Árnason
Personal details
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Hrafnhildur Stefánsdóttir
Children	Three daughters (b. 1998, 2007 (twins)), two sons (b. 2001, 2003)
Alma mater	University of Iceland Yale University
Profession	Economist

Gylfi Magnússon (born. 1966) is an Icelandic economist, an associate professor at University of Iceland and former chair of the Icelandic Competition Authority (Samkeppniseftirlitið). He was Minister for Economic Affairs in the coalition government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir.^[1]^[2] He served as Minister of Business Affairs from 1 February 2009 until 1 October the same year and then served as Minister of Economic Affairs until 2 September 2010.

Gylfi graduated from the University of Iceland in 1990, and received his doctorate from Yale in 1997. When he received his doctorate, he was already a researcher at the Institute of Economic Studies of the University of Iceland: he joined the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration as an adjunct professor in 1997, and was promoted to associate professor in 1998. He served as Head of the Department of Business Administration from 2000 to 2004, and as Dean of Faculty from 2004 to 2007.

References

↑ Economist to Become Iceland’s Minister of Business, Iceland Review, 30 January 2009
↑ Two non-MPs predicted for new Icelandic government, IceNews, 30 January 2009

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Political offices
Preceded by Björgvin G. Sigurðsson	Minister of Economic Affairs 2009–2010	Succeeded by Árni Páll Árnason

v t e First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Ministers	Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir Gylfi Magnússon Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Katrín Jakobsdóttir Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir Kristján L. Möller Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

v t e Second cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Ministers	Álfheiður Ingadóttir Árni Páll Árnason Guðbjartur Hannesson Gylfi Magnússon Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Bjarnason Katrín Jakobsdóttir Katrín Júlíusdóttir Kristján L. Möller Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svandís Svavarsdóttir

Persondata
Name	Magnusson, Gylfi
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic politician
Date of birth	1966
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