Baldur Ágústsson

Baldur Ágústsson is an Icelandic businessman, who ran for president of Iceland in 2004 and 2016.

Baldur started his career as a

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson in the 2004 Icelandic presidential election

where he got 12.5% of the vote. It was only the second time a sitting president had been challenged and the first time a challenger got more than 6% of the vote.

His motivation for running was dissatisfaction with the President vetoing a media bill, which was the first use of a presidential veto in the history of Iceland.

I personally believe that Ólafur Ragnar should not have used it on a smallish issue such as media bill. It is a bit like a lifeboat. You don’t use it when you want to go on a trip, you use it when there is an emergency and this was not an emergency.^[1]
— Baldur Ágústsson

In May 2016 he announced his decision to run for president once more aiming to "restore respect for the presidency, to promote a better service to the sick, the elderly and the disabled, to promote friendship with foreign nations and operate the presidency within the framework of the budget."^[2]

References

[1] "From Iceland — BALDUR ÁGÚSTSSON".

[2] "Baldur býður sig fram".

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