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Björn Jónsson

1846 - 1912

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Björn Jónsson (8 October 1846 – 24 November 1912) was minister for Iceland from 31 March 1909 to 14 March 1911. He was the father of Sveinn Björnsson, the only regent of Iceland and first president of Iceland. Björn became Minister for Iceland after Hannes Hafstein and his supporters suffered losses in the elections of 1908, where the voters rejected the draft of a new constitution. Björn was forced to resign after forcing the General Director of the National Bank, Tryggvi Gunnarsson, out of that post due to heavy criticism of their supporters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Björn Jónsson is the 16,448th most popular politician (down from 11,335th in 2019). (down from 2,679th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Björn Jónsson ranks 16,448 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas F. Bayard, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Werner Meyer, Denys Monastyrsky, Fernando Villavicencio, and Fayez Tarawneh. After him are Ľudovít Ódor, Bob Mathias, Liviu Dragnea, Erra-imitti, Mihirakula, and Rui Duarte de Barros.

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Among people born in 1846, Björn Jónsson ranks 110. Before him are Nikolay Umov, Elizabeth Thompson, Benigno Ferreira, William McGregor, Federico Chueca, and Max Fürbringer. After him are Raimundo Andueza Palacio, Randolph Caldecott, Maksymilian Gierymski, Ira Remsen, and Michael Davitt. Among people deceased in 1912, Björn Jónsson ranks 128. Before him are Sophia Jex-Blake, Luis Cordero Crespo, Julio Herrera y Obes, Emil Stang, Thomas Pollock Anshutz, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. After him are Edgar Evans, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Albino Jara, Octavia Hill, Henry Robertson Bowers, and William Forsell Kirby.

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