Steingrímur Hermannsson
Steingrímur Hermannsson | |
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| 23rd and 25th Prime Minister of Iceland | |
| In office 28 September 1988 – 30 April 1991 | |
| President | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
| Preceded by | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
| Succeeded by | Davíð Oddsson |
| In office 26 May 1983 – 8 July 1987 | |
| President | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Thoroddsen |
| Succeeded by | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 8 July 1987 – 28 September 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
| Preceded by | Matthías Árni Mathiesen |
| Succeeded by | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson |
| Minister of Fisheries | |
| In office 8 February 1980 – 26 May 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Gunnar Thoroddsen |
| Preceded by | Kjartan Jóhannsson |
| Succeeded by | Halldór Ásgrímsson |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1 September 1978 – 15 October 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ólafur Jóhannesson |
| Preceded by | Ólafur Jóhannesson |
| Succeeded by | Vilmundur Gylfason |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1928 |
| Died | 1 February 2010 (aged 81) Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Party | Progressive |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Illinois Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology |
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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.