Már Guðmundsson

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Már Guðmundsson (born June 21, 1954 ) is an Icelandic economist and current President of the Central Bank of Iceland ( Seðlabanki Íslands ).

Life

Már studied in England and holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Essex . He also studied economics and mathematics in Gothenburg . He received his master's degree in economics from Cambridge University . (M.Phil.)

Már Guðmundsson worked for the Central Bank of Iceland for twenty years, ten of which, from 1994 to 2004, as its chief economist ( aðalhagfræðingur ).

From 2004 to 2009 he worked at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (English. Bank for International Settlements ) in Basle . There he was deputy head of the Monetary and Economic Department .

On June 29, 2009, Már Guðmundsson was announced as the successor to the Norwegian Svein Harald Øygard as President ( seðlabankastjóri ) of the Central Bank of Iceland . The Icelandic economist Arnór Sighvatsson (born 1956) has been appointed as his deputy ( aðstoðarseðlabankastjóri ) and chief economist. On August 20, 2009, Már took up his new post.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prime Minister's Office: (Iceland) - Prime Minister appoints new Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland (June 29, 2009) http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/news-and-articles/nr/3798
  2. ↑ Seðlabanki Íslands - Arnór Sighvatsson appointed Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Iceland http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20050629152437/www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=287&NewsID=761
  3. ↑ Central Bank of Iceland - August 20, 2009 - Már Guðmundsson takes over as Governor of the Central Bank http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20091118020746/www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=287&NewsID=2218
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 Már Guðmundsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic economist and President of the Central Bank of Iceland
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1954