Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson | |
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Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | |
In office 27 September 2005 (as Minister of Fisheries) – 1 February 2009 |
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Prime Minister | Halldór Ásgrímsson; Geir Haarde |
Preceded by |
Árni Mathiesen (as Minister of Fisheries) Guðni Ágústsson (as Minister of Agriculture) |
Succeeded by | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bolungarvík, Iceland |
2 December 1955
Political party | Independence Party |
Spouse(s) | Sigrún J. Þórisdóttir |
Children | three children |
Alma mater | University of Essex |
Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (born 2 December 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He is speaker of the Althing, in office 2013 until 2016. He was Iceland's Minister of Fisheries from September 2005, and became Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture when the two ministries merged on 1 January 2008 until 1 February 2009.
ð is the letter edh, which in Icelandic represents a voiced dental fricative, as in th in the English word "them."