Jón Bjarnason
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Icelandic politician
For the Lutheran minister, see Jón Bjarnason (minister).
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón.
Jón Bjarnason | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | |
| In office 10 May 2009 – 31 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Preceded by | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon |
| Succeeded by | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943年12月26日) 26 December 1943 (age 81) |
| Political party | Left-Green Mvt. (until 2013) Rainbow (2013–) |
Jón Bjarnason (born 26 December 1943) is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 1999 to 2013. An agronomist by training, he served as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the years 2009–2011.
He is a former member of the Left-Green Movement. In 2013 he was a co-founder of Rainbow, a new eurosceptic political party. He did not get reelected in the 2013 parliamentary election.
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