Svavar Gestsson

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 Svavar.

Svavar Gestsson (born 26 June 1944) is an Icelandic politician and former minister for social affairs (from February 1980 to May 1983), Minister for Culture and Education (1988-1991), Member of Parliament (1978-1999), and Ambassador (1999 - 2009).

External links

Non auto-biography of Svavar Gestsson on the parliament website

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

Cabinet of Gunnar Thoroddsen

Ministers	Gunnar Thoroddsen Friðjón Þórðarson Hjörleifur Guttormsson Ingvar Gíslason Ólafur Jóhannesson Pálmi Jónsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Ragnar Arnalds Tómas Árnason

Second cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson

Ministers	Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

Third cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson

Ministers	Edvard Júlíus Sólnes Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

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