Gunnar Thoroddsen
Gunnar Thoroddsen | |
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| 18th Olafur Thors Bjarni Benediktsson | |
| Preceded by | Guðmundur Guðmundsson |
| Succeeded by | Magnús Jónsson |
| Mayor of Reykjavík | |
| In office 10 February 1947 – 19 November 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Succeeded by | Auður Auðuns |
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| Born | 29 December 1910 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Died | 25 September 1983 (aged 72) Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Independence |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Gunnar Thoroddsen (pronounced prime minister of Iceland from 1980 to 1983.
Gunnar was the youngest man ever elected to the
Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1959 to 1965.[1] He was minister of industry and a social welfare minister in the cabinet of Geir Hallgrímsson
28 August 1974 to 27 June 1978.
Gunnar and Geir were not in agreement and the disagreement led to Gunnar breaking away from the will of the Independence Party with a few members of parliament and forming a cabinet with the Progressive Party and the People's Alliance, that replaced a minority government of Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal. By forming his government Gunnar became the oldest prime minister in Iceland's history at the age of 69. Gunnar did not run in the 1983 elections for parliament, due to his illness, and ended his involvement in politics when his cabinet was succeeded by Steingrímur Hermannsson's cabinet. He died shortly thereafter.
References
- ^ "Fyrri ráðherrar | Fjármálaráðuneytið". March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25.
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