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Icelandic politician (born 1955)

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Steingrímur.

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon


Speaker of the Althing
In office 29 October 2017 – 25. September 2021
President	Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Prime Minister	Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded by	Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Succeeded by	Birgir Ármannsson
In office 29 October 2016 – 24 January 2017
President	Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Prime Minister	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded by	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Succeeded by	Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Minister of Finance
In office 1 February 2009 – 2011
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Árni Mathiesen
Succeeded by	Oddný G. Harðardóttir
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
In office 1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Succeeded by	Jón Bjarnason
In office 1 January 2012 – 23 May 2013
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Jón Bjarnason
Succeeded by	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Minister of Agriculture and Communications
In office 28 September 1988 – 30 April 1991
Prime Minister	Steingrímur Hermannsson
Preceded by	Jón Helgason (as Minister of Agriculture) Mattías Á. Mathiesen (as Minister of Communications)
Succeeded by	Halldór Blöndal

Personal details
Born	(1955-08-04) 4 August 1955 (age 69) Gunnarsstaðir, Þistilfjörður, Iceland
Political party	Left-Green Movement
Spouse	Bergný Marvinsdóttir
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Iceland
Profession	Geologist

Steingrímur Jóhann Sigfússon (born 4 August 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He has been a member of the Althing (Icelandic parliament) since 1983 and was the founding chairman of the Left-Green Movement (Vinstri hreyfingin – grænt framboð) from 1999 until 2013. He was the Minister for Agriculture and Communications from 1988 to 1991. He was Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, he took on the roles of Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Minister of Economic Affairs.

Steingrímur was born in Gunnarsstaðir, a large sheep farm between Garður and Þórshöfn in the Þistilfjörður region of northeast Iceland (Svalbarðshreppur municipality). In his younger days he was an avid sportsman, both track and field and also a volleyball player. On 16 January 2006, Steingrímur was injured in a car accident not far from Blönduós but later recovered.

He supported the end of the US military presence in Iceland, but believed Iceland itself should have taken the initiative in ending this presence. Since September 2006, when US forces left Naval Air Station Keflavik, he has strongly opposed any possible development of an Icelandic army seeing the country's need for armed forces as practically non-existent. He believes that civilian institutions such as the police and the coast guard should be organized in order to provide the needed protection in the unlikely event of a major disturbance.

In November 2006, he published the book Við öll – Íslenskt velferðarsamfélag á tímamótum ("All of Us – Icelandic Welfare Society at Crossroads"), laying out his political ideology.

References

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Secretariat of Althingi, retrieved 29 January 2009
"Government of Iceland | Organisation Chart of the Ministry of Finance". www.government.is.
Sveinn Birkir Björnsson, "The Stories That Shaped the Year", Reykjavik Grapevine, retrieved 29 January 2009
Við öll – íslenskt velferðarsamfélag á tímamótum (2006) (in Icelandic), retrieved 29 January 2009
Steinunn Jakobsdóttir, "Defending the Welfare System", Reykjavik Grapevine, retrieved 29 January 2009

External links

Nordic Council: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
(in Icelandic) Alþingi: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

Political offices
Preceded byÁrni Mathiesen	Minister of Finance 2009 – 2011	Succeeded byOddný G. Harðardóttir
Preceded byEinar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2009 – 2013	Succeeded bySigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded byJón Helgason	Minister of Agriculture 1988 – 1991	Succeeded byHalldór Blöndal
Preceded byMatthías Árni Mathiesen	Minister of Communications 1988 – 1991	Succeeded byHalldór Blöndal
Preceded byEinar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Speaker of the Althing 2016 – 2017	Succeeded byUnnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Preceded byNone	Chairman of the Left-Green Movement 1999 – 2013	Succeeded byKatrín Jakobsdóttir

v t e Second cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson
Ministers	Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

v t e Third cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson
Ministers	Edvard Júlíus Sólnes Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

v t e First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Ministers	Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir Gylfi Magnússon Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Katrín Jakobsdóttir Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir Kristján L. Möller Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

v t e Second cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Ministers	Álfheiður Ingadóttir Árni Páll Árnason Guðbjartur Hannesson Gylfi Magnússon Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Bjarnason Katrín Jakobsdóttir Katrín Júlíusdóttir Kristján L. Möller Oddný G. Harðardóttir Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svandís Svavarsdóttir

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