Former Icelandic Prime Minister Ásgrímsson dies By Atli Ísleifsson 19. maí 2015 10:43 Halldór Ásgrímsson was a key player in Icelandic politics from the early 1980s until he quit politics in 2006. Vísir/Teitur Iceland‘s former prime and foreign minister Halldór Ásgrímsson has died at the age of 67. Ásgrímsson was a key player in Icelandic politics from the early 1980s until he quit politics in 2006. From 2007 until 2013 he served the role of Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers.Foreign MinisterÁsgrímsson passed away in a Reykjavík hospital Monday after suffering a heart attack last Friday. In 1995 he assumed office as minister for foreign affairs, which he served until 2004, when he succeeded Davíð Oddsson as prime minister, while Oddsson replaced Ásgrímsson as minister for foreign affairs. He served as prime minister for just under two years from September 2004 to June 2006. He led the Progressive Party from 1994 until 2006. He first became a member of the Icelandic parliament in 1974. He was minister for fisheries in 1983-91 and minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs 1988-89. News in English Mest lesið Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Þúsundir syrgja í Tehran og Trump segir æðstaklerkinn ljúga Erlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent „Ég vorkenni því fólki sem lét narra sig í þessa vegferð“ Innlent Svifvængjaflugslys við Reynisfjall Innlent Mikil reiði á Þingeyri vegna flutnings fóðurstöðvar Arctic Fish Innlent Segir ásakanir kjaftæði og íhugar meiðyrðamál Innlent
Iceland‘s former prime and foreign minister Halldór Ásgrímsson has died at the age of 67. Ásgrímsson was a key player in Icelandic politics from the early 1980s until he quit politics in 2006. From 2007 until 2013 he served the role of Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers.Foreign MinisterÁsgrímsson passed away in a Reykjavík hospital Monday after suffering a heart attack last Friday. In 1995 he assumed office as minister for foreign affairs, which he served until 2004, when he succeeded Davíð Oddsson as prime minister, while Oddsson replaced Ásgrímsson as minister for foreign affairs. He served as prime minister for just under two years from September 2004 to June 2006. He led the Progressive Party from 1994 until 2006. He first became a member of the Icelandic parliament in 1974. He was minister for fisheries in 1983-91 and minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs 1988-89.
News in English Mest lesið Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Þúsundir syrgja í Tehran og Trump segir æðstaklerkinn ljúga Erlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent „Ég vorkenni því fólki sem lét narra sig í þessa vegferð“ Innlent Svifvængjaflugslys við Reynisfjall Innlent Mikil reiði á Þingeyri vegna flutnings fóðurstöðvar Arctic Fish Innlent Segir ásakanir kjaftæði og íhugar meiðyrðamál Innlent