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Geir Hallgrímsson

1925 - 1990

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Geir Hallgrímsson (16 December 1925 – 1 September 1990) was the prime minister of Iceland for the Independence Party from 28 August 1974 to 1 September 1978. Before that he had been mayor of Reykjavík from 1959 to 1972. Geir was a member of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing from 1973 to 1983. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1986 and as the Governor of the Central Bank from 1986 to his death in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geir Hallgrímsson is the 13,846th most popular politician (down from 13,272nd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 48th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geir Hallgrímsson ranks 13,846 out of 19,576. Before him are Iccho Itoh, Salmon P. Chase, Georgios Kountouriotis, Manius Aquillius, Carlos Mota Pinto, and Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. After him are Şemsettin Günaltay, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Clodovil Hernandes, Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia, and King Si of Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Geir Hallgrímsson ranks 298. Before him are Georg Buschner, Henri Oreiller, Leon Schlumpf, Joan Mitchell, Isidore Isou, and Dany Dauberson. After him are Antonio Puchades, Art Buchwald, Maria Tallchief, Martha Vickers, José Parra Martínez, and Cornell Borchers. Among people deceased in 1990, Geir Hallgrímsson ranks 185. Before him are Paco Godia, Herbert Wehner, Terry-Thomas, František Douda, Edward Binns, and Costa Pereira. After him are Nadia Gamal, Heitor Canalli, Katalin Karády, Irving Wallace, Erna Berger, and Giorgio Ghezzi.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Geir Hallgrímsson ranks 54 out of 190. Before him are Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Hannes Hafstein (1861), Saint Thorlak (1133), and Eggert Ólafsson (1726). After him are Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Jón Magnússon (1859), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Geir Hallgrímsson ranks 20. Before him are Davíð Oddsson (1948), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Ólafur Thors (1892), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Hannes Hafstein (1861). After him are Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Jón Magnússon (1859), Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), and Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947).

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