Halldór Ásgrímsson - Prime Minister 2004-2006

Political and Parliamentary activities:

1974-78 and 1979-2003 Member of the Althingi (Icelandic Parliament) for the Progressive Party.
1980-94 Vice-Chairman of the Progressive Party.
1994-2006 Chairman of the Progressive Party.
1977-78 Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council.
1991-95 Member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council.
1992-95 Chairman of the Liberal Group of the Nordic Council.
1976-83 Member of the Board of the Central Bank of Iceland.
1980-83 Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Iceland.

1983-91 Minister for Fisheries.
1988-89 Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
1985-87 Minister for Nordic Co-operation.
1995-2004 Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade and (1995-1999) Minister for Nordic Co-operation.
2004-06 Prime Minister.

Other activities:

1973-75 Lecturer at the University of Iceland - faculty of economics and business administration.

 Education:

1965 Graduated from the Co-operative College of Iceland.
1970 Certified public accountant.
1971-73 Graduate studies at the Bergen and Copenhagen Universities of Commerce.

Personal:

Born 8 September 1947.