Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
| Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | |
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| 5th President of Iceland | |
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In office 1 August 1996 – 1 August 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| Preceded by | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
| Succeeded by | Guðni Th. Jóhannesson |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 28 September 1988 – 30 April 1991 |
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| Prime Minister | Steingrímur Hermannsson |
| Preceded by | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson |
| Succeeded by | Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 May 1943 Ísafjörður, Kingdom of Iceland |
| Political party |
Progressive Party (Before 1974) Liberals and Leftists (1974–1976) People's Alliance (1977–1996) Independent (1996–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir (1974–1998) Dorrit Moussaieff (2003–present) |
| Children | Guðrún Tinna Svanhildur Dalla |
| Residence | Bessastaðir (Former) |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson ([ˈouːlavʏr ˈraknar ˈkrimsɔn]; born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016. He was re-elected unopposed in 2000, re-elected for a third term in 2004, re-elected unopposed for a fourth term in 2008 and re-elected for a record fifth and final term in 2012.
Ólafur announced in his New Year's message on 1 January 2016, that he would be stepping down from the presidency at the end of his fifth term on 1 August 2016, after twenty years in office. However, he announced in a press conference on 18 April 2016 that he would be running for re-election, in light of the political instability caused by the release of the Panama Papers two weeks earlier. After Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Davíð Oddsson announced their candidacies, he again changed his mind and on 9 May declared he would not run.
Since the end of his presidency, Ólafur has been serving as Chairman of the Arctic Circle, a non-profit organization.
Ólafur was born in Ísafjörður, the son of hairdresser Grímur Kristgeirsson and housewife Svanhildur Ólafsdóttir Hjartar. He matriculated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1962. From 1962 to 1970 he studied at the University of Manchester, obtaining a BA in economics and political science in 1965 and a PhD in political science in 1970, thus becoming the first Icelander to earn a PhD in this field. He became a lecturer in political science at the University of Iceland in 1970, then a Professor of Political Science at the same university in 1973. He was the University's first Professor of Political Science.
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