Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson Explained

Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Order:	Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
Primeminister:	Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde
Term Start:	27 September 2005 (as Minister of Fisheries)
Term End:	1 February 2009
Predecessor:	Árni Mathiesen (as Minister of Fisheries) Guðni Ágústsson (as Minister of Agriculture)
Successor:	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Birth Date:	2 December 1955
Birth Place:	Bolungarvík, Iceland
Spouse:	Sigrún J. Þórisdóttir
Children:	three children
Alma Mater:	University of Essex
Party:	Independence Party

Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (born 2 December 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He was speaker of the Althing, in office 2013 until 2016.^[1] 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.^[2]

External links

• Members of Parliament > The Speaker and Deputy Speakers of Althingi > Einar K. Guðfinnsson, Speaker of Althingi (Icelandic)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Þingmenn. Alþingi.
2. Web site: Minister of Fisheries – CV . Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture . 6 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081028172155/http://eng.sjavarutvegsraduneyti.is/minister/cv . 28 October 2008 .