Mayor of Reykjavík
Mayor of Reykjavík | |
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Borgarstjóri Reykjavíkur | |
Reykjavík City Council | |
Seat | Reykjavík |
Term length | Four years Renewable indefinitely with the support of the Reykjavík City Council. |
Constituting instrument | Local Government Act |
Formation | 1907 |
First holder | Jón Þorláksson |
Deputy | Þorsteinn Gunnarsson |
Salary | 1,976,025 ISK monthly (2021)[1] |
Website | reykjavik reykjavik |
The post of Mayor of Reykjavík (Icelandic: Borgarstjóri Reykjavíkur) was created in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Páll Einarsson and Knud Zimsen applied for the job and Páll got the position for a period of six years, at the end of which he did not wish to renew his tenure. Rather than a direct election, Reykjavík City Council members elect the mayor from within their ranks.
Between 1932 and 1994 the centre-right
2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis
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The incumbent mayor is
Reform
.
List of mayors
No. | Portrait | Mayor | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | |
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1 | Páll Einarsson (1868–1954) |
7 May 1908 | 7 May 1914 | 6 years (2,191 days) |
indep.
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2 | Knud Zimsen (1875–1953) |
7 May 1914 | 30 December 1932 | 18 years, 7 months, 23 days (6,812 days) |
indep.
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3 | Jón Þorláksson (1877–1935) |
30 December 1932 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 2 months, 20 days (810 days) |
IP | ||
4 | Pétur Halldórsson (1887–1940) |
20 March 1935 | 26 November 1940 | 5 years, 8 months, 6 days (2,078 days) |
IP | ||
5 | Bjarni Benediktsson (1908–1970) |
26 November 1940 | 10 February 1947 | 6 years, 2 months, 15 days (2,267 days) |
IP | ||
6 | Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910–1983) |
10 February 1947 | 19 November 1959 | 12 years, 9 months, 9 days (4,665 days) |
IP | ||
7 | Auður Auðuns (1911–1999) |
19 November 1959 | 6 October 1960 | 10 months, 17 days (322 days) |
IP | ||
Geir Hallgrímsson (1925–1990) |
1 December 1972 | 13 years, 12 days (4,761 days) |
IP | ||||
8 | Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson (1936–2019) |
1 December 1972 | 15 August 1978 | 5 years, 8 months, 14 days (2,083 days) |
IP | ||
9 | Egill Skúli Ingibergsson (1926–2021) |
15 August 1978 | 27 May 1982 | 3 years, 9 months, 12 days (1,381 days) |
indep.
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10 | Davíð Oddsson (b. 1948) |
27 May 1982 | 16 July 1991 | 9 years, 1 month, 19 days (3,337 days) |
IP | ||
11 | Markús Örn Antonsson (b. 1943) |
16 July 1991 | 17 March 1994 | 2 years, 8 months, 1 day (975 days) |
IP | ||
12 | Árni Sigfússon (b. 1956) |
17 March 1994 | 13 June 1994 | 2 months, 27 days (88 days) |
IP | ||
13 | Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (b. 1954) |
13 June 1994 | 1 February 2003 | 8 years, 7 months, 19 days (3,155 days) |
Reykjavík List | ||
14 | Þórólfur Árnason (b. 1957) |
1 February 2003 | 30 November 2004 | 1 year, 9 months, 29 days (668 days) |
indep.
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15 | Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (b. 1965) |
30 November 2004 | 13 June 2006 | 1 year, 6 months, 14 days (560 days) |
Reykjavík List | ||
16 | Vilhjálmur Þórmundur Vilhjálmsson (b. 1946) |
13 June 2006 | 16 October 2007 | 1 year, 4 months, 3 days (490 days) |
IP | ||
17 | Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson (b. 1972) |
16 October 2007 | 24 January 2008 | 3 months, 8 days (100 days) |
SDA | ||
18 | Ólafur Friðrik Magnússon (b. 1952) |
24 January 2008 | 21 August 2008 | 6 months, 28 days (210 days) |
LP | ||
19 | Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (b. 1966) |
21 August 2008 | 15 June 2010 | 1 year, 9 months, 25 days (663 days) |
IP | ||
20 | Jón Gnarr (b. 1967) |
15 June 2010 | 16 June 2014 | 4 years, 2 days (1,463 days) |
BP | ||
21 | Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson (b. 1972) |
16 June 2014 | 16 January 2024 | 9 years, 7 months, 1 day (3,502 days) |
SDA | ||
22 | Einar Þorsteinsson (b. 1978) |
16 January 2024 | Incumbent | 99 days (99 days) |
PP |
See also
References
- ^ "Laun og kostnaðargreiðslur borgarfulltrúa". 30 January 2019.
- Reykjavik.is - Borgarstjórar í Reykjavík frá upphafi (Mayors of Reykjavík since the beginning, in Icelandic)