Júlíus Vífill Ingvarsson Explained

Júlíus Vífill Ingvarsson
Office:	Reykjavík City Council
Term Start:	May 31, 2013
Term End:	April 4, 2016
Majority:	7016

Júlíus Vífill Ingvarsson is an Icelandic politician and lawyer who served as an Independence Party member of Reykjavík City Council.^[1] He resigned in 2016 after he was implicated in the Panama Papers.

Education

• 1972 Graduated from highschool
• 1973–1976 Student of the College of Music
• 1976–1977 Student Reykjavík Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts
• 1977 University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
  • 1979 a law degree from the University of Iceland 1979–1982 Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, Italy
• 1993 District Court Attorney

City Council

• 2010–2016 Member of the City Council, was also in the years 1999–2002 the Council
• 2008–2010 Chairman of Planning Council, Council member 2010–
• 2008–2010 chairman of Associated Icelandic Ports. an independently operated company owned by the city of Reykjavik Board and four other municipalities. Board member 2010 -
• 2008–2010 Chairman of Regional Cooperation in the capital. Committee member 2010–
• 2009 Chairman of the Jury in the competition for the redesign of the port of Reykjavik^[2]
• 2008–2010 chairman of the Chess Academy of Reykjavik, a private institution designed to further interest in chess in Reykjavík^[3]
• 2008–2010 Board (Association Internationale Villes et Ports)
• 2008–2010 Board Reykjavik Energy
• 2007–2010 Board Austurhöfn, the Reykjavik Art Museum
• 2007–2008 Chairman of the Board of Appeal Malbikunarstöðin hf.
• 2007–2008 chairman of the center of Reykjavik
• 2006–2008 chairman of the education council
• 2006–2008 Member of the Culture and Tourist Board
• 2002 The adhoc committee on the future musical Reykjavik
• 1999–2002 City Council member
• 1998–2002 Member of the Organising
• 1998–2002 Member of the Cultural Committee

He resigned in the wake of the 2016 Panama Papers.^[4]

Community work

• 2009–present Board Mechanism Caring
• 2003–2010 chairman of the Reykjavik Music Society
• 2003–2007 Board (Commission) UNICEF
• 1996–2006 Board Disappeared Association in Independence Nes- and Melahverfi
• 1994 founding member of the Rotary Club of Reykjavik – Downtown
• 1991–1993 Board (vice) Opera Workshop
• 1988–1994 Board Anna K. Nordal trust, and organization that provides music scholarships^[5]
• 1988 Appointed by the Minister of Education to the Committee on the future operating situation in Iceland
• 1986–1993 Chairman Vocal Fund opera department of the Icelandic actor
• In 1986–1991 Acting Council, the executive order in 1991
• 1986–1989 Chairman of the opera department of the Icelandic actor
• 1976–1977 Director Úlfljótr Law Review
• 1974–1975 Board member and editor Vaka Vaka's Monthly
• 1974–1975 Chairman of the Nordic Council of Law NSJR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Júlíus Vífill Ingvarsson. Reykjavík City Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002621/http://reykjavik.is/borgarfulltruar/julius-vifill-ingvarsson. is. 5 March 2017. 5 April 2016.
2. Book: New Faces of Harbour Cities. Şebnem Gökçen Dündar. Neslihan Karataş. Hilmi Evren Erdin. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Oct 21, 2014. Google Books. 978-1443870306. May 30, 2016.
3. News: Reykjavík to become Chess Capital. February 16, 2007 . Iceland Review Online . May 30, 2013.
4. Web site: City Councilperson Resigns. The Reykjavík Grapevine. 5 April 2016 . 5 April 2016.
5. Web site: Kristján Jóhannesson hlýtur styrk úr styrktarsjóði Önnu K. Nordal . 2013-12-19 . Icelandic. Salurinn . May 30, 2016.