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Guðbjartur Hannesson
Minister of Health
In office 2 September 2010 – 31 December 2010
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Succeeded by	Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-03)3 June 1950 Akranes, Iceland
Died	23 October 2015(2015-10-23) (aged 65) Akranes, Iceland
Political party	Social Democratic Alliance

Guðbjartur Hannesson (3 June 1950 – 23 October 2015) was an Icelandic politician and was welfare minister. He was affiliated with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).

He won a seat in parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance in 2007. He served as speaker of the Althing in 2009. In September 2010 he was appointed Minister for Social Affairs and Health and was charged with merging his department with the Ministry of Labour and create a new Ministry for Welfare from January 2011.

After the parliamentary election 27 April 2013 there was a change of government and on 23 May Eygló Harðardóttir became the new welfare minister, while Kristjáni Þór Júlíussyni became minister of Health. He died on 23 October 2015 after a very short battle with cancer.

References

1. "Aðal síður Fjölmenningarseturs - English - Fjölmenningarsetur". mcc.is.
2. "Þingmenn". Alþingi.
3. "Iceland's Gudbjartur Hannesson puts people's welfare first during the crisis". nordiclabourjournal.org.
4. "Andlát: Guðbjartur Hannesson". mbl.is.

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