Halldór Blöndal
Halldór Blöndal (born 24 August 1938,
North Eastern Constituency. Counted as strong supporter of whaling due to his summertime jobs in whale processing from 1954 to 1974, he helped building whale watching tourism industry while he was Minister of Communication and Tourism 1991 to 1999. He was also Minister of Agriculture in the first term of Davíð Oddsson
as prime minister from 1991 to 1995.
From 1999 to 2005, Halldór was the president of the Althing[2] and during his term the old house of the Althing was completely renovated and a new service building erected. He was from 2005 chairman of the Committee of foreign affairs of Althing.
References
- ^ "Halldór Blöndal". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Þingmenn". Alþingi.
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