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Jón Þorláksson

1877 - 1935

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Jón Þorláksson (3 March 1877 – 20 March 1935) was prime minister of Iceland from 8 July 1926 to 28 August 1927. He was the only leader of the Conservative Party (Íhaldsflokkurinn) which merged with the Liberal Party to form the Independence Party in 1929, and the Mayor of Reykjavík from 1933 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Þorláksson is the 16,022nd most popular politician (down from 15,839th in 2024), the 86th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 77th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jón Þorláksson ranks 16,027 out of 19,576. Before him are Shamshi-Adad II, Liu Chao-shiuan, Bres, Carlos Hevia, Dipendra of Nepal, Arsen Avakov, Habib Thiam, Manuel Felipe de Tovar, Gustavo Jiménez, Thurisind, and Manolache Costache Epureanu. After him are Syed Nazrul Islam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Jón Þorláksson ranks 171. Before him are Elena Guro, Rudolph Dirks, William Beebe, J. Searle Dawley, Malcolm Whitman, and Joseph Stella. After him are Leopold Skulski, Félix Paiva, George Cornet, Karel Absolon, Lloyd C. Douglas, and Bill Robinson. Among people deceased in 1935, Jón Þorláksson ranks 135. Before him are Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Thelma Todd, Vernon Lee, Nikodem Caro, Guido Balzarini, and Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. After him are José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Herbert Ponting, Silverio Izaguirre, George William Russell, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, and Paolo Orsi.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Þorláksson ranks 86 out of 190. Before him are Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876), Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Teitur Thordarson (1952), Einar Arnórsson (1880), and Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969). After him are Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963), Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961), Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), Björn Þórðarson (1879), and Emil Jónsson (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Jón Þorláksson ranks 33. Before him are Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Sigurður Eggerz (1875), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), and Einar Arnórsson (1880). After him are Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), Björn Þórðarson (1879), Emil Jónsson (1902), Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975), Birgitta Jónsdóttir (1967), and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (1965).

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