Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
| Steingrímur J. Sigfússon | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 1 February 2009 – 23 May 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Preceded by | Árni Mathiesen |
| Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | |
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In office 1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Preceded by | Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson |
| Succeeded by | Jón Bjarnason |
| Minister of Agriculture and Communications | |
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In office 28 September 1988 – 30 April 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Steingrímur Hermannsson |
| Preceded by |
Jón Helgason (as Minister of Agriculture) Mattías Á. Mathiesen (as Minister of Communications) |
| Succeeded by | Halldór Blöndal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 August 1955 Gunnarsstaðir, Þistilfjörður |
| Political party | Left-Green Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Bergný Marvinsdóttir |
| Children | Four children |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
| Profession | Geologist |
Steingrímur Jóhann Sigfússon (born 4 August 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He has been a member of the Althing (Icelandic parliament) since 1983 and is the founding chairman of the Left-Green Movement (Vinstri hreyfingin – grænt framboð). He was the Minister for Agriculture and Communications from 1988–1991.[1] He became Minister of Finance in 2009. In 2011 he took on the roles of Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Minister of Economic Affairs.
Steingrímur was born in Gunnarsstaðir, a large sheep farm between Garður and Þórshöfn in the Þistilfjörður region of northeast Iceland (Svalbarðshreppur municipality). In his younger days he was an avid sportsman, both track and field and also a volleyball player. On 16 January 2006, Steingrímur was injured in a car accident not far from Blönduós, Iceland: he has now recovered.
He supported the end of the US military presence in Iceland, but believed Iceland itself should have taken the initiative in ending this presence. Since September 2006, when US forces left Naval Air Station Keflavik, he has strongly opposed any possible development of an Icelandic army seeing the country's need for armed forces as practically non-existent. He believes that civilian institutions such as the police and the coast guard should be organized in order to provide the needed protection in the unlikely event of a major disturbance.[2]
In November 2006, he published the book Við öll – Íslenskt velferðarsamfélag á tímamótum ("All of Us – Icelandic Welfare Society at Crossroads"), laying out his political ideology.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Secretariat of Althingi, retrieved 29 January 2009
- ↑ Sveinn Birkir Björnsson, "The Stories That Shaped the Year", Reykjavik Grapevine, retrieved 29 January 2009
- ↑ Við öll – íslenskt velferðarsamfélag á tímamótum (2006) (in Icelandic), retrieved 29 January 2009
- ↑ Steinunn Jakobsdóttir, "Defending the Welfare System", Reykjavik Grapevine, retrieved 29 January 2009
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Árni Mathiesen |
Minister of Finance 2009 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Bjarni Benediktsson, Jr. |
| Preceded by Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson |
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2009 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| Preceded by Jón Helgason |
Minister of Agriculture 1988–1991 |
Succeeded by Halldór Blöndal |
| Preceded by Mattías Á. Mathiesen |
Minister of Communications 1988–1991 |
Succeeded by Halldór Blöndal |
| Party political offices | ||
| New title | Chairman of the Left-Green Movement 1999 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
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