Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal

Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (* July 7, 1924 in Önundarfjörður, now the town Ísafjarðarbær; † 20 July 2010) was an Icelandic politician. He was from 1974 to 1980 chairman of the Social Democratic Party ( Alþýðuflokkurinn ).

Gröndal was from 1956 to 1982 a member of the Icelandic parliament Althingi. From 15 October 1979 to 8 February 1980, he was Prime Minister in the second minority government of the Social Democratic Party. Previously, he had been Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After the end of his political career Gröndal was appointed Icelandic ambassador to Sweden and Finland. He was then sent to Australia, China, South Korea, Indonesia and Japan. Finally, he served two years as the Icelandic ambassador to the UN until 1991.

Self-government (1904-1918) and monarchy (1918-1944): Hannes Hafstein | Björn Jónsson | Kristján Jónsson | Hannes Hafstein | Sigurdur Eggerz | Einar Arnórsson | Jón Magnússon | Sigurdur Eggerz | Jón Magnússon | Magnús Guðmundsson | Jón Þorláksson | Tryggvi Þórhallsson | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | Hermann Jónasson | Ólafur Thors | Björn Þórðarson

Republic of Iceland ( 1944 ): Ólafur Thors | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson | Ólafur Thors | Steingrímur Steinthorsson | Ólafur Thors | Hermann Jónasson | Emil Jónsson | Ólafur Thors | Bjarni Benediktsson | Jóhann Hafstein | Ólafur Jóhannesson | Geir Hallgrímsson | Ólafur Jóhannesson | Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal | Gunnar Thoroddsen | Steingrímur Hemm | Þorsteinn Pálsson | Steingrímur Hemm | Davíð Oddsson | Halldór Ásgrímsson | Geir Haarde | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

• Prime Minister ( Iceland )
• Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Iceland )
• Member of the Althing
• Party Chairman ( Iceland )
• Icelandic Ambassador
• Ambassador to Sweden
• Ambassador to Finland
• Ambassador to Australia
• Ambassador to Indonesia
• Ambassador to Japan
• Ambassador to Albania
• Support of the Falcon ( Commander )
• Icelander
• Born in 1924
• Died in 2010
• Man