Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Steingrímur.

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon


Minister of Finance
In office 1 February 2009 – 23 May 2013
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Árni Mathiesen
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
In office 1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Succeeded by	Jón Bjarnason
Minister of Agriculture and Communications
In office 28 September 1988 – 30 April 1991
Prime Minister	Steingrímur Hermannsson
Preceded by	Jón Helgason (as Minister of Agriculture) Mattías Á. Mathiesen (as Minister of Communications)
Succeeded by	Halldór Blöndal
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-04) 4 August 1955 Gunnarsstaðir, Þistilfjörður
Political party	Left-Green Movement
Spouse(s)	Bergný Marvinsdóttir
Children	Four children
Alma mater	University of Iceland
Profession	Geologist

Steingrímur Jóhann Sigfússon (born 4 August 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He has been a member of the Althing (Icelandic parliament) since 1983 and is the founding chairman of the Left-Green Movement (Vinstri hreyfingin – grænt framboð). He was the Minister for Agriculture and Communications from 1988–1991.^[1] He became Minister of Finance in 2009. In 2011 he took on the roles of Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Minister of Economic Affairs.

Steingrímur was born in Gunnarsstaðir, a large sheep farm between Garður and Þórshöfn in the Þistilfjörður region of northeast Iceland (Svalbarðshreppur municipality). In his younger days he was an avid sportsman, both track and field and also a volleyball player. On 16 January 2006, Steingrímur was injured in a car accident not far from Blönduós, Iceland but he later recovered.

He supported the end of the US military presence in Iceland, but believed Iceland itself should have taken the initiative in ending this presence. Since September 2006, when US forces left Naval Air Station Keflavik, he has strongly opposed any possible development of an Icelandic army seeing the country's need for armed forces as practically non-existent. He believes that civilian institutions such as the police and the coast guard should be organized in order to provide the needed protection in the unlikely event of a major disturbance.^[2]

In November 2006, he published the book Við öll – Íslenskt velferðarsamfélag á tímamótum ("All of Us – Icelandic Welfare Society at Crossroads"), laying out his political ideology.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Secretariat of Althingi, retrieved 29 January 2009
↑ Sveinn Birkir Björnsson, "The Stories That Shaped the Year", Reykjavik Grapevine, retrieved 29 January 2009
↑ Við öll – íslenskt velferðarsamfélag á tímamótum (2006) (in Icelandic), retrieved 29 January 2009
↑ Steinunn Jakobsdóttir, "Defending the Welfare System", Reykjavik Grapevine, retrieved 29 January 2009

External links

Nordic Council: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
(Icelandic) Alþingi: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

Political offices
Preceded by Árni Mathiesen	Minister of Finance 2009 – 2013	Succeeded by Bjarni Benediktsson, Jr.
Preceded by Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson	Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture 2009 – 2013	Succeeded by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded by Jón Helgason	Minister of Agriculture 1988–1991	Succeeded by Halldór Blöndal
Preceded by Mattías Á. Mathiesen	Minister of Communications 1988–1991	Succeeded by Halldór Blöndal
Party political offices
New title	Chairman of the Left-Green Movement 1999 – 2013	Succeeded by Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Members of the Althing

Northeast Constituency	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Kristján Þór Júlíusson Höskuldur Þór Þórhallsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir Kristján L. Möller Þórunn Egilsdóttir Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir Brynhildur Pétursdóttir

Northwest Constituency	Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Einar K. Guðfinnsson Ásmundur Einar Daðason Haraldur Benediktsson Ólína Þorvarðardóttir Elsa Lára Arnardóttir Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir

Reykjavik Constituency North	Illugi Gunnarsson Frosti Sigurjónsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir Össur Skarphéðinsson Brynjar Þór Níelsson Björt Ólafsdóttir Sigrún Magnúsdóttir Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir Birgir Ármannsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Valgerður Bjarnadóttir

Reykjavik Constituency South	Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir Vigdís Hauksdóttir Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir Pétur H. Blöndal Svandís Svavarsdóttir Róbert Marshall Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Karl Garðarsson Ásta Helgadóttir Helgi Hjörvar Óttarr Proppé

South Constituency	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir Páll Jóhann Pálsson Oddný G. Harðardóttir Ásmundur Friðriksson Haraldur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Árnason

Southwest Constituency	Bjarni Benediktsson Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir Árni Páll Árnason Willum Þór Þórsson Jón Gunnarsson Guðmundur Steingrímsson Ögmundur Jónasson Vilhjálmur Bjarnason Þorsteinn B. Sæmundsson Katrín Júlíusdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir Elín Hirst

Second cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson

Ministers	Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

Third cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson

Ministers	Edvard Júlíus Sólnes Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Ministers	Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir Gylfi Magnússon Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Katrín Jakobsdóttir Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir Kristján L. Möller Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

Second cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Ministers	Álfheiður Ingadóttir Árni Páll Árnason Guðbjartur Hannesson Gylfi Magnússon Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Bjarnason Katrín Jakobsdóttir Katrín Júlíusdóttir Kristján L. Möller Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svandís Svavarsdóttir

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