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Hannes Hafstein

1861 - 1922

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Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein (4 December 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an Icelandic politician and poet. In 1904 he became the first Icelander to be appointed to the Danish Cabinet as the minister for Iceland in the Cabinet of Deuntzer and was – unlike the previous minister for Iceland Peter Adler Alberti – responsible to the Icelandic Althing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hannes Hafstein is the 13,412th most popular politician (down from 12,513th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Iceland (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hannes Hafstein ranks 13,412 out of 19,576. Before him are Walter Veltroni, Badri Patarkatsishvili, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Frank Bainimarama, Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit, and Sergius Paulus. After him are King Lie of Zhou, Antonio Nariño, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Nichi Vendola, Publius Sulpicius Rufus, and Marduk-nadin-ahhe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Hannes Hafstein ranks 103. Before him are Nikola Ivanov, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Kadambini Ganguly, Helen Herron Taft, Dorothea Klumpke, and Krikor Zohrab. After him are Maximilian Harden, J. B. Bury, Anna Brigadere, Bhikaiji Cama, Maxime Maufra, and Makino Nobuaki. Among people deceased in 1922, Hannes Hafstein ranks 97. Before him are John Munro Longyear, Louis Duchesne, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Ernest Lavisse, Henry Bataille, and Max von Hausen. After him are Otto Lehmann, Jorge Montt, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, William Henry Hudson, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, and Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Hannes Hafstein ranks 51 out of 190. Before him are Jón Leifs (1899), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934). After him are Saint Thorlak (1133), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), and Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Hannes Hafstein ranks 19. Before him are Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Ólafur Thors (1892), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), and Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976). After him are Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Jón Magnússon (1859), Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), and Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867).

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