Honorific Prefix: | Director General |
Georg Kr. Lárusson | |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1959 |
Birth Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Allegiance: | Iceland |
Branch: | Icelandic Coast Guard |
Serviceyears: | 2005–present |
Rank: | Director General |
Georg Kristinn Lárusson (in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈkɛːɔirk ˈkʰrɪstɪnː ˈlauːrʏːsːɔn/; born 21 March 1959) is the Director General of the Icelandic Coast Guard and former director of the Icelandic Directorate of Immigration, a position he held from 1999 to 2005.[1] He graduated from the University of Iceland with a law degree in 1985 and a postgraduate degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen. He was a judge's representative at the Reykjavík District Court in 1985-89 and was the district magistrate in Dalasýsla, Strandasýsla and Kópavogur in the period 1989–92. He served as district magistrate of Vestmannaeyjar from 1992 to 1998. Georg was appointed deputy chief of police in Reykjavík from 1998 to 1999.[2]