Ragnar Arnalds
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Ragnar Arnalds (8 July 1938 – 15 September 2022) was an
MP and twice cabinet minister. He studied literature and philosophy in Sweden from 1959 to 1961 and graduated with a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1968. He was editor of Frjáls þjóð
in 1960.
Arnalds served as a Minister of Education and Transportation from 1978 to 1979 and
Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1980 to 1983.[1] He was chairman of the People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið) from 1968 to 1977. He also served as chairman of Heimssýn, the Icelandic organisation opposed to membership of the European Union
, from 2002 to 2009.
Arnalds served as a member of the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland. He was a member of the Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð).
Arnalds is also the author of several plays.
References
- ^ "Fyrri ráðherrar | Fjármálaráðuneytið". March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25.
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