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