Halldór Ásgrímsson

Halldór Ásgrímsson ( born September 8, 1947) is an Icelandic politician. From 1994 to 2006 he was chairman of the Progress Party ( Framsóknarflokkur ) and 2004-2006 Prime Minister of Iceland.

Life

He belongs since 1974 to the Icelandic parliament Althingi. His ministerial posts among the Office of the Minister for Fisheries (1983-1991), the Office of the Minister for Justice and Minister for Church Affairs (1988-1989), the Office of the Minister for Nordic Cooperation (1985-1987 and 1995-1999) and ultimately the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2004.

On 15 September 2004, he took over his new post as the 15th Prime Minister since independence (17 June 1944) by his predecessor Davíð Oddsson.

Caused a stir Halldór Ásgrímsson with a public statement in February 2006 that Iceland will probably be a member of the European Union ( EU) by 2015. Whether Iceland will also introduce the Euro, however, depended on the future attitude of Great Britain, Sweden and Denmark against the single currency. However, the political conditions for EU accession Islands were not yet ripe. This assessment was confirmed by a survey of the Icelandic Fréttablaðið: A majority of 42.3 % of Icelanders in favor according to the survey of 18 February against an application for EU membership from. Only 34.3 % support such a move.

On June 5, 2006 Halldór Ásgrímsson announced his resignation both as party leader and prime minister. The reason the poor performance of his party was called at the nationwide local elections in May 2006. On 15 June 2006 he handed over his duties as prime minister Geir Hilmar Haarde to the Independence Party and was founded in 2007 as the successor of Per Unckel Secretary General of the Nordic Council, a member of the Nordic Council.

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 )
  • Fisheries Ministers ( Iceland )
  • Minister of Justice ( Iceland )
  • Member of the Althing
  • Member of the Progress Party ( Iceland )
  • Party Chairman ( Iceland )
  • Support of the Norwegian Order of Merit ( Grand Cross )
  • Support of the Falcon ( Grand Cross )
  • Icelander
  • Born in 1947
  • Man
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