Steingrímur Hermannsson
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Prime Minister of Iceland (1928-2010)
Key facts
- President
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
- Preceded by
- Þorsteinn Pálsson
- Succeeded by
- Davíð Oddsson
- Prime minister
- Þorsteinn Pálsson
- Born
- ( 1928-06-22 ) 22 June 1928, Reykjavík , Kingdom of Iceland
- Died
- 1 February 2010 (2010-02-01) (aged 81), Reykjavík, Iceland
- Party
- Progressive
- Alma mater
- Illinois Institute of Technology , California Institute of Technology
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iceland
- Place of birth
- Reykjavík
- Place of death
- Reykjavík
- Father
- Hermann Jónasson
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- California Institute of Technology
- Political party
- Progressive Party
- Languages spoken
- Icelandic
- Image
- Visit of Steingrimur Hermannsson, Icelandic Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 6
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- date of birth
- 1928-06-22
- date of death
- 2010-02-01
- name in native language
- Steingrímur Hermannsson
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Encyclopedic overview
Steingrímur Hermannsson (pronounced [ˈsteinkrimur ˈhɛrmanˌsɔn]; 22 June 1928 – 1 February 2010) was an Icelandic politician who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1983 to 1987, and again from 1988 to 1991. He was the chairman for the Progressive Party from 1979 to 1994.
Steingrímur's father, Hermann Jónasson also served as Iceland's prime minister from 1934 to 1942 and again from 1956 to 1958. Steingrímur's son, Guðmundur Steingrímsson ran as the chairman for his own party in the 2013 parliamentary election.
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