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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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! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" |Halldór Ásgrímsson
 
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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
 
Assumed office
 
1 January 2007
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
 
| 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
 
15 September 2004 – 15 June 2006
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | President
 
| Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
 
|-
 
! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
 
| Davíð Oddsson
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
 
| 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
 
| 8 September 1947 (age 66)
 
Vopnafjörður, Iceland
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
 
| The Progressive Party
 
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|}
 
  
 
== Biography ==  
 
== Biography ==  
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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)]
 
[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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! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Political offices
 
|- style="text-align:center;"
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Steingrímur Hermannsson
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Fisheries
 
 
1983-1991
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
Þorsteinn Pálsson
 
|-
 
|- style="text-align:center;"
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by None
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister for Nordic Cooperation
 
 
1985-1987
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
None
 
|-
 
|- style="text-align:center;"
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Jón Sigurðsson
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs
 
 
1988-1989
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
Óli Þ. Guðbjartssson
 
|-
 
|- style="text-align:center;"
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Foreign Affairs
 
 
1995-2004
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
Geir Haarde
 
|-
 
|- style="text-align:center;"
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by None
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister for Nordic Cooperation
 
 
1995-1999
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
Siv Friðleifsdóttir
 
|-
 
|- style="text-align:center;"
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Davíð Oddsson
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Prime Minister of Iceland
 
 
2004-2006
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
Geir Haarde
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
 
[http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?halldor-asgrimsson-1 ICD webpage official profile]
 
[http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?halldor-asgrimsson-1 ICD webpage official profile]

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