Mountþór Ólason

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Bergþór Ólason (German transcription Bergthor Olason , born September 26, 1975 in Akranes ) is an Icelandic politician of the Center Party , who formerly belonged to the Independence Party .

Life

Bergþór Ólason holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Iceland and holds a degree in Management from Manchester Business School . From 2003 to 2006 he was assistant to the then Icelandic Minister of Transport Sturla Böðvarsson . He was on the board of various companies and institutions. As a member of the Independence Party , he was a candidate in the 2007 and 2009 parliamentary elections .

In the parliamentary elections on October 28, 2017 , Bergþór Ólason was elected as a candidate of the Center Party for the Northwestern constituency in the Icelandic parliament Althing . As of December 2018, he is Deputy Group Chairman of the Center Party, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Transport and a member of the Icelandic delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe .

As a result of the Klaustur affair at the end of November 2018, Bergþór Ólason took an unpaid leave of absence from the Althing until further notice; in the meantime Jón Þór Þorvaldsson officiated as a substitute. Bergþór returned to parliament on January 24, 2019.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Æviágrip: Bergþór Ólason ( Icelandic ) Alþingi. June 13, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson: Bergþór oddviti Miðflokksins í norðvestri ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . October 5, 2017. Accessed December 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Bergþór Ólason leiðir Miðflokkinn í Norðvestur ( Icelandic ) In: Kosningasaga . October 6, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ Alexander Elliott: MPs' secret recording scandal: update ( English ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Vésteinn Örn Pétursson: Jón Þór mun taka sæti á þingi fyrir Miðflokkinn ( Icelandic ) In: visir.is . December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Jelena Ćirić: Klaustur Scandal MPs Return to Parliament ( English ) In: Iceland Review . January 24, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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 .
personal data
SURNAME Mountþór Ólason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olason mountain gate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic Center Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Akranes