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Bjarni Benediktsson

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Bjarni Benediktsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpja(r)tnɪ ˈpɛːnɛtɪxtsˌsɔːn]; born 26 January 1970), known colloquially as Bjarni Ben, is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from January to November 2017 and again from April to December 2024. He was the leader of the Icelandic Independence Party from 2009 to 2025, and served as the minister of finance and economic affairs from 2013 to 2017, a post he later retained under Katrín Jakobsdóttir and held until his resignation in October 2023. After serving briefly as the minister for foreign affairs from 2023 to 2024, Bjarni became prime minister again on 9 April 2024. During his career, Bjarni was sometimes called a "teflon" politician, due to managing to retain his position as one of Iceland's most powerful politicians despite his frequent involvement in political scandals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Bjarni Benediktsson is the 6,960th most popular politician (up from 14,968th in 2024), the 23rd most popular biography from Iceland (up from 66th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 6,960 out of 19,576. Before him are Ilija Garašanin, Mithridates IV of Parthia, Ang Duong, Narai, Piet de Jong, and Vseslav of Polotsk. After him are Faustina, Hitoshi Ashida, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Han Seung-soo, Cunipert, and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 41. Before him are Frank de Boer, Gabriela Sabatini, Jason Lee, Halit Ergenç, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Sean Hayes. After him are Emmanuel Petit, Alan Shearer, Christian Karembeu, Amaury Nolasco, Adam Goldberg, and Andrej Plenković.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 23 out of 190. Before him are Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Friðrik Ólafsson (1935), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), and Arnaldur Indriðason (1961). After him are Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Halla Tómasdóttir (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 10. Before him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), and Jón Sigurðsson (1811). After him are Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Halla Tómasdóttir (1968), Geir Haarde (1951), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Davíð Oddsson (1948), and Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910).

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