Halldór Ásgrímsson

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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)

Halldór Ásgrímsson is the Former Prime Minister of Iceland as well as the Former Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Halldór Ásgrímsson
Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers
Incumbent Assumed office 1 January 2007
Preceded by	Per Unckel
Prime Minister of Iceland
In office 15 September 2004 – 15 June 2006
President	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Preceded by	Davíð Oddsson
Succeeded by	Geir Haarde
Personal details
Born	8 September 1947 (age 66) Vopnafjörður, Iceland
Political party	The Progressive Party

Biography

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.

Education

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.

Further Information

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)

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)

Political offices
Preceded by Steingrímur Hermannsson	Minister of Fisheries 1983-1991	Succeeded by Þorsteinn Pálsson
Preceded by None	Minister for Nordic Cooperation 1985-1987	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Jón Sigurðsson	Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1988-1989	Succeeded by Óli Þ. Guðbjartssson
Preceded by Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1995-2004	Succeeded by Geir Haarde
Preceded by None	Minister for Nordic Cooperation 1995-1999	Succeeded by Siv Friðleifsdóttir
Preceded by Davíð Oddsson	Prime Minister of Iceland 2004-2006	Succeeded by Geir Haarde

External Links

ICD webpage official profile