Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Date of Birth: August 4th, 1955
Telephone: +354 5630 500
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Party: Left-Green Movement
Chairman of the Left-Green Movement 1999-2013.
Parliamentary Career
Member of Althingi for the North Eastern Constituency 1983-2003 and for the Northeast Constituency since 2003. Deputy Speaker of Althingi since 2013.
Party Group
Chairman of the Parliamentary group of the People's Alliance 1987–1988.
Present committees
Member of the Economic Affairs and Trade Committee since 2013. Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council since 2013, 2006-2007 and 1996-2005.
Earlier committees
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee 1999-2009. Member of the Social Affairs Committee 1999-2003.Member of the Economy and Trade Committee 1991–1999.Member of the Fisheries Committee 1991-1998 (Chairman 1995–1998). Member of the Althingi Special Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2004-2005. Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2007-2009.Member of the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2008-2009 (Chairman 2008-2009). Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the West Nordic Council 1991–1995.
Ministerial Career
Minister of Industries and Innovation 2012-2013. Minister of Economic Affairs and of Fisheries and Agriculture 2011-2012. Minister of Finance 2009-2011. Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2009.Minister of Agriculture and Communications 1988–1991.
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