Emil Jónsson | |
Office: | 16th Prime Minister of Iceland |
President: | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson |
Term Start: | 23 December 1958 |
Term End: | 20 November 1959 |
Predecessor: | Hermann Jónasson |
Successor: | Ólafur Thors |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1902 |
Birth Place: | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
Death Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Party: | Social Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Copenhagen |
Guðmundur Emil Jónsson (27 October 1902 - 30 November 1986) was prime minister of Iceland from 23 December 1958 to 20 November 1959.[1]
He first became minister of Fisheries and Social affairs. He was a chairman of the Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 1956 to 1968. He was a member of the Althingi from 1934 to 1971, and its speaker from 1956 to 1958.[2]