Guðbjartur_Hannesson

Guðbjartur Hannesson

Guðbjartur Hannesson

Icelandic politician

Guðbjartur Hannesson (3 June 1950 – 23 October 2015) was an Icelandic politician and was welfare minister. He was affiliated with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðbjartur.
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He won a seat in parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance in 2007. He served as speaker of the Althing in 2009.[2] In September 2010 he was appointed Minister for Social Affairs and Health and was charged with merging his department with the Ministry of Labour and create a new Ministry for Welfare from January 2011.[3]

After the parliamentary election 27 April 2013 there was a change of government and on 23 May Eygló Harðardóttir became the new welfare minister, while Kristjáni Þór Júlíussyni became minister of Health. He died on 23 October 2015 after a very short battle with cancer.[4]

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    "Aðal síður Fjölmenningarseturs - English - Fjölmenningarsetur". mcc.is.
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    "Þingmenn". Alþingi.
  3. [3]
    "Iceland's Gudbjartur Hannesson puts people's welfare first during the crisis". nordiclabourjournal.org.
  4. [4]
    "Andlát: Guðbjartur Hannesson". mbl.is.
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