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Emil Jónsson

1902 - 1986

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Guðmundur Emil Jónsson (27 October 1902 – 30 November 1986) was prime minister of Iceland from 23 December 1958 to 20 November 1959. He first became minister of Fisheries and Social affairs. He was a chairman of the Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 1956 to 1968. He was a member of the Althingi from 1934 to 1971, and its speaker from 1956 to 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Jónsson is the 16,665th most popular politician (up from 16,748th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Iceland (down from 89th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emil Jónsson ranks 16,665 out of 19,576. Before him are Elisabetta Casellati, George M. Bibb, Arthur Barclay, Madhavrao I, Ted Moore, and Joe Manchin. After him are Dominique Baudis, Raul Khajimba, Desmond Hoyte, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Scotty Bowman, and Djimrangar Dadnadji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Emil Jónsson ranks 312. Before him are José Humberto Quintero Parra, Ann Harding, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Howie Morenz, Hans Pulver, and Virginia Fox. After him are Marguerite De La Motte, Harold McMunn, Egon Orowan, Stella Gibbons, Diógenes Domínguez, and Rudolf Schoeller. Among people deceased in 1986, Emil Jónsson ranks 275. Before him are Rafael Gil, Yaşar Erkan, Chuck McKinley, Bessie Head, Alan Jay Lerner, and Forrest Tucker. After him are Una Merkel, Erik Svensson, Neerja Bhanot, Heather Angel, Kate Smith, and Paul Stewart.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Emil Jónsson ranks 91 out of 190. Before him are Jón Þorláksson (1877), Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963), Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961), Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), and Björn Þórðarson (1879). After him are Eiríkur Hauksson (1959), Bjarni Tryggvason (1945), Emilíana Torrini (1977), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1960), and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Emil Jónsson ranks 35. Before him are Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Einar Arnórsson (1880), Jón Þorláksson (1877), Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), and Björn Þórðarson (1879). After him are Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975), Birgitta Jónsdóttir (1967), Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955), and Ekaterina Antropova (2003).

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