Jón Þorláksson
Jón Þorláksson | |
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| 4th Prime Minister of Iceland | |
| In office 8 July 1926 – 28 August 1927 | |
| Monarch | Christian X |
| Preceded by | Magnús Guðmundsson |
| Succeeded by | Tryggvi Þórhallsson |
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| Born | 3 March 1877 Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland |
| Died | 20 March 1935 (aged 58) Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland |
| Political party | Independence Party |
| Children | 2 |
Jón Þorláksson (3 March 1877 – 20 March 1935) was
prime minister of Iceland from 8 July 1926 to 28 August 1927. He was the only leader of the Conservative Party (Íhaldsflokkurinn) which merged with the Liberal Party to form the Independence Party in 1929, and the Mayor of Reykjavík
from 1933 to his death.
Career
Jón Þorláksson (usually transcribed Thorlaksson) was a farmer's son, from Vesturhópshólar in
Minister of Finance of Iceland in the government formed by the Conservative Party in 1924,[1] raising the value of the Icelandic crown in 1925, very much as Winston Churchill raised the value of the pound at the same time. Upon the sudden death of Prime Minister Jón Magnússon in 1926, he became Prime Minister as well. After the defeat of the Conservative Party in the parliamentary elections of 1927, Jón Þorláksson became the leader of the opposition. He was the first leader of the Independence Party which was formed by a merger of the Conservative Party and a small Liberal Party in 1929. He became Mayor of Reykjavík
in December 1932. Because of failing health he resigned as leader of the Independence Party in 1934 and died one year later. He was married and had two adopted daughters.
Political ideas
Jón Þorláksson was a
privatisation
of the two commercial banks in Iceland, then in the hands of government.
References
- ^ "Fyrri ráðherrar | Fjármálaráðuneytið". 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010.
In 1985, Hannes H. Gissurarson edited a collection of Jón's papers, and in 1992 Hannes published a 600-page biography of Jón Þorláksson (in Icelandic).
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