Svavar Gestsson

Svavar Gestsson

Industries and Innovation Minister of Iceland is:Atvinnuvega- og nýsköpunarráðherra Íslands
In office 000000001978-01-01-00001978 – 000000001979-01-01-00001979
Preceded by	Ólafur Jóhannesson
Succeeded by	Kjartan Jóhannsson
Minister of Social Affairs (Iceland)
In office 000000001980-01-01-00001980 – 000000001983-01-01-00001983
Preceded by	Magnús Helgi Magnússon
Succeeded by	Alexander Stefánsson
Ambassador of Iceland to Sweden of Iceland to Sweden
In office 000000002001-08-30-0000August 30, 2001 – 000000002005-11-30-0000November 30, 2005
Preceded by	Hörður H. Bjarnason
Succeeded by	Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson
Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark of Iceland to Denmark
In office 000000002005-11-22-0000November 22, 2005 – 000000002012-02-15-0000February 15, 2012
Preceded by	Þorsteinn Pálsson
Succeeded by	Sturla Sigurjónsson
Personal details
Born	000000001944-06-26-0000June 26, 1944 property beside the is:Hjarðarholt (Stafholtstungum)
Spouse(s)	first marriage: 20 June 1964: Jónína Benediktsdóttir (born October 5, 1943 and died on May 29, 2005) secretary. second marriage 29 May 1993: Gudrun Ágústsdóttir (born January 1, 1947) City Council.
Mother	Gudrun Valdimarsdóttir (* March 28, 1924)
Father	Gestur Zóphónías Sveinsson (* October 3, 1920, died December 29, 1980) Farmer
Alma mater	1964: Graduated MR. in 1964 enrolled in law at the University. from 1967 to 1968 studied in Berlin.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Svavar.

Svavar Gestsson (born 26 June 1944) is an Icelandic politician and former minister for social affairs (from February 1980 to May 1983), Minister for Culture and Education in the cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson (1988-1991), Member of Parliament (1978-1999), and Ambassador (1999 - 2009).

Diplmatic Career

From 30 August 2001 to 30 November 2005 he was ambassador in Stockholm and from 21 February 2002 to 5 June 2006 concurrently accreditated in Belgrade, Sofia Tirana and Dhaka^[1]
From 22 November 2005 to 15 February 2010 he was ambassador in Copenhague and from 21 June 2006 to 16 December 2010 concurrently accreditated in Ankara.

External links

Biography of Svavar Gestsson on the parliament website

↑ The International Who's Who 2004, Europa Publications, p. 601

Second cabinet of Ólafur Jóhannesson

Ministers	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal Hjörleifur Guttormsson Kjartan Jóhannsson Magnús Helgi Magnússon Ólafur Jóhannesson Ragnar Arnalds Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Tómas Árnason

Cabinet of Gunnar Thoroddsen

Ministers	Gunnar Thoroddsen Friðjón Þórðarson Hjörleifur Guttormsson Ingvar Gíslason Ólafur Jóhannesson Pálmi Jónsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Ragnar Arnalds Tómas Árnason

Second cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson

Ministers	Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

Third cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson

Ministers	Edvard Júlíus Sólnes Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason Halldór Ásgrímsson Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Sigurðsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svavar Gestsson

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