| Gísli S. Einarsson (GE) | |
| Office1: | Member of the Althing |
| Constituency1: | Western |
| Term Start1: | 1 September 1993 |
| Term End1: | 10 May 2003 |
| Predecessor1: | Eiður Guðnason |
| Birth Name: | Gísli Sveinbjörn Einarsson |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Súðavík, Iceland |
| Party: | Social Democratic Alliance |
Gísli Sveinbjörn Einarsson (born 12 December 1945) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Western constituency from September 1993 to May 2003.[2]
Gísli was born on 12 December 1945 in Súðavík in Norður-Ísafjarðarsýsla county.[1] [3] He is the son of captain Einar Kristinn Gíslason and Elísabet Sveinbjörnsdóttir.[1] [4] In 1968 he received a diploma in mechanics from the vocational school in Akranes.[1] [4] He received a degree in engineering from the Western Polytechnic in Akranes in 1982.[1] [4]
Gísli joined the State Cement Factory in Akranes in 1963 as an apprentice mechanic and was a mechanic at the factory from 1964 to 1976.[1] [4] He did an apprenticeship in cement machine maintenance at Aalborg Portland in Denmark from 1976 to 1977 and was a mechanic at the factory from 1977 to 1979.[1] [4] Returning to Iceland, he was foreman at the State Cement Factory from 1979 to 1992 before working on computer-controlled machine maintenance at the factory from 1992 to 1993.[1] [4]
Gísli was a member of the municipal council in Akranes from 1986 to 1993 and served as its chairman (1990) and president (1991–1992).[1] [4] He was Mayor of Akranes from 2006 to 2010.[5] [6] He was a substitute member of the Althing in December 1991 (for Eiður Guðnason) and in November 2004 (for Jóhann Ársælsson).[2] [4] He was appointed to the Althing in September 1993 following the resignation of Eiður Guðnason.[1] [4] [7]
Gísli married Ólöf Edda Guðmundsdóttir in 1964 and has two sons and a daughter.[1] [3]
| Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 parliamentary[8] | Not elected | |||||
| 1995 parliamentary[9] | Elected | |||||
| 1999 parliamentary[10] | Elected | |||||
| 2003 parliamentary[11] | Not elected |