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Jóhann Ársælsson (born 7 December 1943) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Western constituency from May 1991 to April 1995 and from May 1999 to May 2003, and the Northwest constituency from May 2003 to May 2007.

Jóhann was born on 7 December 1943 in Ólafsvík. He is the son of lighthouse keeper Ársæll Jónsson and Anna Sigrún Jóhannsdóttir. He studied shipbuilding from 1961 and 1965 and qualified as a master shipbuilder. He was managing director of the Knarrar boat yard in Akranes from 1974 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1999. He was on the board of the State Cement Factory (1977–1981), HAB (1979–1987), State Herring Factory (1992–1993) and Landsbankinn (1995–1998).

Jóhann was a member of the municipal council in Akranes from 1974 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1990. He was on the central board of the People's Alliance from 1987. He was a substitute member of the Althing in October 1984 for Skúli Alexandersson. He was elected to the Althing at the 1991 parliamentary election. He was deputy chairman of social democratic parliamentary group from August 1992 to April 1995 and from June 1999 to May 2003. Jóhann announced in September 2006 that he would not be seeking re-election. In May 2012 he was appointed chairman of the Housing Financing Fund (ÍLS) by Minister of Welfare Guðbjartur Hannesson.

Jóhann married Guðbjörg Róbertsdóttir in 1966 and has three sons and a daughter.

References

1. ^ "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Jóhann Ársælsson" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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6. Alþingiskosningar árið 1983 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via Timarit.is.
7. Alþingiskosningar 1991 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 1994. p. 65. ISBN 9979-817-12-7. Retrieved 9 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
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• 1943 births
• 20th-century Icelandic politicians
• 21st-century Icelandic politicians
• Living people
• Members of the Althing 1991–1995
• Members of the Althing 1999–2003
• Members of the Althing 2003–2007
• People from Akranes
• People's Alliance (Iceland) politicians
• Social Democratic Alliance politicians