Jón Pálmason

Jón Pálmason (born November 28, 1888 in Ytri-Löngumýri, Blöndudalur ; † February 1, 1973 ) was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkur), who was chairman of the Althing from 1945 to 1949, 1950 to 1953 and 1959 and was at times minister.

Life

Farmer and member of the Althing

Jón Pálmason was after school in Akureyri from 1913 to 1915 and again from 1917 to 1923 as a farmer in Ytri-Löngumýri and in the meantime from 1915 to 1917 in Mörk in Laxárdalur. During this time he was between 1916 and 1917 member of the council of the rural community ( Hreppur ) Bólstaðarhlíðarhreppur and from 1919 to 1923 head of the rural community Svínavatnshreppur. Later he was a farmer in Akri in Húnavatn from 1923 to 1963 and during this time from 1925 to 1929 he was also the committee chairman of the rural community of Torfalækjarhreppur.

Jón Pálmason was elected as a candidate of the Independence Party to a member of the Althing in 1933 and represented the interests of the Austur-Húnavatnssýsla district there until 1959 . From 1937 to 1963 he was an inspector of the Reich government and as such was also a member of the test committee between 1939 and 1941. In 1942 he was elected chairman of the electricity committee and was also 2nd deputy chairman and 1st deputy chairman of the Althing during this time.

Three times Chairman of the Althing and Minister of Agriculture

In 1945 he succeeded Gísli Sveinsson as chairman of the Althing ( Forseti Alþingis ) and was thus from the 64th to the 68th session President of Parliament and was then replaced by Steingrímur Steinþórsson .

On December 6, 1949 he was appointed by Prime Minister Ólafur Thors as Minister of Agriculture ( Landbúnaðarráðherra ) in his third cabinet, to which he was a member until the end of his term on March 4, 1950. In this ministerial function, he was also responsible for energy and roads.

Then Jón Pálmason was from 1950 (70th session) to 1953 (72nd session) he was the successor to Steingrímur Steinþórsson again chairman of the Althing and was then replaced by Jörundur Brynjólfsson . Then in 1953 he was appointed a member of the board of directors ( bankaráði ) of Landsbanki , the oldest and second largest bank in Iceland, to which he belonged until 1956. In 1955 he became a member of the Althing Real Estate Committee.

In 1956 he was appointed a member of the board of directors of Búnaðarbanki Íslands , which was founded in 1930 and to which he was a member until 1968. Most recently he was chairman of the board of Búnaðarbanki Íslands between 1961 and 1968.

As the successor to Emil Jónsson , he was during the 78th session in 1959 for the third time for a short time chairman of the Althing and was then replaced by Friðjón Skarphéðinsson . He was also President of the Nordic Council from January to June 1960, December 1960 to March 1961, October to November 1961, February to April 1972, November 1962 and February to April 1963 .

His youngest son Pálmi Jónsson (* 1929) was a member of the Althing between 1967 and 1995 as a representative of the Independence Party, and from 1980 to 1983 he was Minister of Agriculture.

Web links

• Entry on the Althing homepage
• Iceland - Key Ministries (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ólafur Thors Third Government

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 .