Össur Skarphéðinsson

Össur Skarphéðinsson (2009)

Össur Skarphéðinsson (German transcription Össur Skarphedinsson , born June 19, 1953 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic politician of the Social Democratic Alliance . He was a member of the Icelandic parliament Althing from 1991 to 2016 and his country's foreign minister from February 1, 2009 to May 23, 2013.

biography

Össur Skarphéðinsson attended the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík high school . He then studied biology at the University of Iceland , where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 . He received a PhD in Physiology from the University of East Anglia in 1983 , specializing in aquaculture .

Össur was already politically active during his student days, among other things he was chairman of the student council of the University of Iceland from 1976 to 1977. In 1991 he was elected to parliament for the Social Democratic Party of Iceland , where he led the faction of his party until 1993. From 1993 to 1995 he held the office of Minister of the Environment.

After the Social Democrats were absorbed into the newly founded alliance , he held the party chairmanship from 2000 to 2005. In 2005 he lost in a fight against Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir . In the following year 2006, however, Össur became parliamentary group leader in the Althing. On May 24, 2007, he joined the government of Geir Hilmar Haarde , responsible for industry and Nordic cooperation. With the change of government in 2009 he moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the early parliamentary election on October 29, 2016 , Össur Skarphéðinsson was at the top of the Alliance's list for the Reykjavík-South constituency . However, the party could no longer win seats in this circle.

In addition to his political activities, Össur Skarphéðinsson was editor of the newspaper Þjóðviljinn from 1984 to 1987 , from 1996 to 1997 of the newspaper Alþýðublaðið and 1997 to 1998 of the newspaper Dagblaðið Vísir . From 1987 to 1988 he taught as an assistant professor at the University of Iceland.

Web links

Commons : Össur Skarphéðinsson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile on the homepage of the Icelandic Parliament (isl.)
• Brief profile on the homepage of the Icelandic Parliament (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Auglýsing landskjörstjórnar um framboð í Reykjavíkurkjördæmi suður við alþingiskosningar October 29, 2016 ( Icelandic ) Innanríkisráðuneytið (Icelandic Ministry of the Interior). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
2. ↑ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson: þessi taka á saeti thingi ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .