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| | [[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]] | | [[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]] |
| − | [[File:The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left|A Lecture by The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers, Former Prime Minister of Iceland speaks at The ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2012 (Berlin, December 13th-16th, 2012)]] | + | [[File:The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left]] |
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| | Halldór Ásgrímsson is the Former Prime Minister of Iceland as well as the Former Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers. | | Halldór Ásgrímsson is the Former Prime Minister of Iceland as well as the Former Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers. |
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| + | === Education === |
| − | ! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" |Halldór Ásgrímsson
| + | Mr. Ásgrímsson studied at the Co-Operative College in Bifrost and then became a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) in 1970. He then went on to receive his graduate degrees from the Bergen and Copenhagen Universities of Commerce. After, he became a lecturer at the University of Iceland in the Economics and Business Administration from 1973 to 1975. |
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| − | ! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers
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| − | | colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |Incumbent
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| − | Assumed office
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| − | 1 January 2007
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
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| − | | Per Unckel
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| − | ! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Prime Minister of Iceland
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| − | | colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
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| − | 15 September 2004 – 15 June 2006
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | President
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| − | | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
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| − | | Davíð Oddsson
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
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| − | | Geir Haarde
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| − | ! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | Born
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| − | | 8 September 1947 (age 66)
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| − | Vopnafjörður, Iceland
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
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| − | | The Progressive Party
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| − | == Biography == | + | === Experience === |
| − | Ásgrímsson was the Minister of Fisheries from 1983 to 1991; Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1988 to 1989; Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 1985 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1999; and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2004. Starting in 1997, he became a member of the World Bank’s Finance Committee. Following in 1998, Ásgrímsson chaired the European Council’s Ministerial Commission. He was the chairman of the Arctic council from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he came Iceland’s Prime Minister, succeeding Davio Oddsson. He resigned as Prime Minister in 2006. In the same year, he was chosen as the Secretary-General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. | + | Mr. Ásgrímsson was the Minister of Fisheries from 1983 to 1991; Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1988 to 1989; Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 1985 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1999; and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2004. Starting in 1997, he became a member of the World Bank’s Finance Committee. Following in 1998, Ásgrímsson chaired the European Council’s Ministerial Commission. He was the chairman of the Arctic council from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he came Iceland’s Prime Minister, succeeding Davio Oddsson. He resigned as Prime Minister in 2006. In the same year, he was chosen as the Secretary-General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. |
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| − | == Education ==
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| − | Ásgrímsson studied at the Co-Operative College in Bifrost and then became a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) in 1970. He then went on to receive his graduate degrees from the Bergen and Copenhagen Universities of Commerce. After, he became a lecturer at the University of Iceland in the Economics and Business Administration from 1973 to 1975.
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| − | == Further Information ==
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| − | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbfzAG-u3dI ICD - A Lecture by The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers, Former Prime Minister of Iceland The ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2012 "The Power of the Arts & Culture to Promote Democracy & Global Peace" The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (BERLIN, December 13th-16th, 2012)]
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| − | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpdJ6Ba-lq4 ICD - An Interview with the Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Vice President of the ICD; Former Secretary General of the Nordic Council; Former Prime Minister of Iceland. "The Role of Culture and Cultural Diplomacy in the Nordic Countries" (BERLIN; November 18th, 2013)]
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| − | {| class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin: auto;" font-size:95%;clear:both;"<tbody>
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| − | ! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Political offices
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Steingrímur Hermannsson
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| − | | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Fisheries
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| − | 1983-1991
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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| − | Þorsteinn Pálsson
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| − | |- style="text-align:center;"
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by None
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| − | | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister for Nordic Cooperation
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| − | 1985-1987
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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| − | None
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| − | |- style="text-align:center;"
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Jón Sigurðsson
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| − | | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs
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| − | 1988-1989
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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| − | Óli Þ. Guðbjartssson
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson
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| − | | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| − | 1995-2004
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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| − | Geir Haarde
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| − | |- style="text-align:center;"
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by None
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| − | | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister for Nordic Cooperation
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| − | 1995-1999
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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| − | Siv Friðleifsdóttir
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| − | |- style="text-align:center;"
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Davíð Oddsson
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| − | | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Prime Minister of Iceland
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| − | 2004-2006
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| − | | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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| − | Geir Haarde
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| | == External Links == | | == External Links == |
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| − | [http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?halldor-asgrimsson-1 ICD webpage official profile]
| + | http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?halldor-asgrimsson-1 |
