Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson

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Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (2014)

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (born June 9, 1968 in Sauðárkrókur ) is an Icelandic politician of the Center Party . Until September 2017 he was a member of the Progress Party .

He studied sociology of work at the University of Iceland . Since 2009 he has been a member of the Icelandic parliament Althing for the Northwestern constituency . From 2009 to 2013 Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson was group leader of the Progress Party. He was a member of the parliamentary committees on trade (2009–2011) and foreign affairs (2011–2013). From 2011 to 2013 he was also a member of the Special Committee on Parliament's Rules of Procedure.

Since May 23, 2013 Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson was Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson . In Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson's cabinet , which was confirmed by the Icelandic President on April 7, 2016, he had taken over the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture . Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir became the new foreign minister . The Progress Party was not involved in Bjarni Benediktsson's ruling coalition , which was set up on January 11, 2017, which means that Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson is no longer a member of the government. His successor as Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture was Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir from the Viðreisn party .

At the end of September 2017, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson left the Progress Party and joined the Center Party (Miðflokkurinn) , which was founded as a split from the Progress Party before the 2017 parliamentary elections .

As a result of the Klaustur affair at the end of November 2018, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson took an unpaid leave of absence from the Althing until further notice; in the meantime officiated Una María Óskarsdóttir as a replacement. Gunnar Bragi returned to parliament on January 24, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alex Elliott: New Government Confirmed ( English ) In: Iceland Review Online . April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson: Þetta eru ráðherrarnir í nýrri ríkisstjórn ( Icelandic ) RÚV. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Freyr Gunnarsson Gígja: Gunnar Bragi yfirgefur Framsóknarflokkinn ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sunna Valgerðardóttir: Þorsteinn og Gunnar Bragi Leida Listana ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ Alexander Elliott: MPs' secret recording scandal: update ( English ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Vésteinn Örn Pétursson: Jón Þór mun taka sæti á þingi fyrir Miðflokkinn ( Icelandic ) In: visir.is . December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ Jelena Ćirić: Klaustur Scandal MPs Return to Parliament ( English ) In: Iceland Review . January 24, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
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personal data
SURNAME Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic politician ( Progress Party )
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Sauðárkrókur