Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
  • Date of Birth: June 9th, 1968
  • Party: Centre Party

Parliamentary career

  • Member of Althingi for the Northwest Constituency 2009–2017 and for the Southwest Constitunency since 2017.

Party group

  • Chair of the Centre Party's parliamentary group since 2017.
  • Chair of the Progressive Party's parliamentary group 2009–2013.

Present committees

  • Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee since 2017.
  • Chair of the Icelandic delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since 2017.
  • Member of the EU-Iceland joint Parliamentary Committee since 2018.

Previous committees

  • Member of the Environment and Communications Committee 2017.
  • Member of the Icelandic delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2017 (Chair 2017).
  • Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee 2011–2013.
  • Member of the Industry Committee 2009–2011.
  • Member of the Special Committee on the Standing Orders of Althingi 2011–2013.

Ministerial career

  • Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2016–2017.
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade 2013–2016.