Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

About Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

This People's Alliance Party-turned-Independent politician became Iceland's fifth President after serving as the country's Minister of Finance. In 1996, he was elected for the first time, and in 2012, he began his fifth presidential term.

Trivia

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he served the Reykjavik constituency in the Icelandic Althing (parliament).

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson before fame

He began teaching at the University of Iceland after getting his doctorate in political science from the University of Manchester.

Achievement of Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

In the Icelandic Althing, he represented the Reykjavik constituency in the late 1970s and early 1980s (parliament).

Salary 2020

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Net Worth 2020

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Olafur Ragnar Grimsson family life

Following the death of his first wife, Guorun Katrin Porbergsdottir, he married Israeli businesswoman Dorrit Moussaieff. Guorun and Svanhildur were his twins from his first marriage.

Associations of Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

In the early 1980s, he was one of several prominent liberal thinkers to enter into a well-publicized debate with the conservative American economist Milton Friedman.

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