Einar Ágústsson

Einar Ágústsson (born on September 23, 1922 on the Hallgeirsey farm, today in the Rangárþing eystra municipality ; died on April 12, 1986 ) was an Icelandic politician . He held several political offices and was the country's foreign minister from 1971 to 1978 .

biography

Einar Ágústsson was born on the Hallgeirsey farm in southwest Iceland in 1922. He was the son of the businessman Ágúst Einarsson and his wife, the teacher Helga Jónasdóttir. In 1948 he married Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, with whom he had four children. After graduating from high school in 1941, he studied law at the University of Iceland until 1947 , and in 1951 he was admitted to the bar. From 1947 to 1954 he worked as an office manager of the sales committee for military equipment and as a member of the finance council. From 1954 to 1957 he was an employee of the Ministry of Finance. With the establishment of the Cooperative Savings Banks on March 1, 1957, he worked as a savings bank manager until 1963 and as representative of the President of the Union of Icelandic Cooperatives SÍS and director of the Union's pension fund until 1960.

Einar Ágústsson was a member of the Progress Party and was elected in 1963 as a member of the Icelandic parliament Althing, of which he was a member until 1979. On July 14, 1971, he was appointed Foreign Minister of the country in the cabinet of Ólafur Jóhannesson and remained so in the first term until August 28, 1974. He was then directly reappointed by Geir Hallgrímsson for a second term in this function and remained so until September 1, 1978. After his tenure he was ambassador to Denmark and ambassador to Italy, Israel and Turkey from 1980 until his death in 1986.

supporting documents

1. ^ Biography of Einar Ágústsson on the website of the Icelandic parliament Althing; accessed on April 21, 2020.

Web links

• Biography of Einar Ágústsson on the website of the Icelandic parliament Althing (Icelandic)

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 .