Halldór Ásgrímsson - CV

15.6.2006

Born 8 September 1947.

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.

Occupation:
Certified public accountant.
1973-75 Lecturer at the University of Iceland - faculty of economics and business administration.

Political and Parliamentary activities:
1974-78; 1979- Member of the Althingi (Icelandic Parliament) for the Progressive Party.
1980-94 Vice-Chairman of the Progressive Party.
1994- Chairman of the Progressive Party.
Member of the Althingi Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
1977-78; Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic
1980-83; 1991- 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.

Ministerial experience:
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 September 15 Prime Minister.