Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (born 2 December 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He was speaker of the Althing, in office 2013 until 2016.^[1] He was Iceland's Minister of Fisheries from September 2005, and became Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture when the two ministries merged on 1 January 2008 until 1 February 2009.^[2]

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Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
In office 27 September 2005 (as Minister of Fisheries) – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Halldór Ásgrímsson; Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Árni Mathiesen (as Minister of Fisheries) Guðni Ágústsson (as Minister of Agriculture)
Succeeded by	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-02) 2 December 1955 (age 68) Bolungarvík, Iceland
Political party	Independence Party
Spouse	Sigrún J. Þórisdóttir
Children	three children
Alma mater	University of Essex

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