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Steingrímur Hermannsson

1928 - 2010

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Steingrímur Hermannsson (pronounced [ˈsteinkrimur ˈhɛrmanˌsɔn]; 22 June 1928 – 1 February 2010) was an Icelandic politician who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1983 to 1987, and again from 1988 to 1991. He was the chairman for the Progressive Party from 1979 to 1994. Steingrímur's father, Hermann Jónasson also served as Iceland's prime minister from 1934 to 1942 and again from 1956 to 1958. Steingrímur's son, Guðmundur Steingrímsson ran as the chairman for his own party in the 2013 parliamentary election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steingrímur Hermannsson is the 9,617th most popular politician (up from 10,671st in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Iceland (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Steingrímur Hermannsson ranks 9,617 out of 19,576. Before him are Ignaz von Born, Menkheperre, Iwakura Tomomi, Konrad Peutinger, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, and Pope Heraclas of Alexandria. After him are Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Valentín Gómez Farías, Rædwald of East Anglia, Emilio Portes Gil, Moritz Leuenberger, and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Among people born in 1928, Steingrímur Hermannsson ranks 199. Before him are Ethel Kennedy, Pavel Kohout, Laurence Harvey, Fred Rogers, Ulric Neisser, and Peter Hans Kolvenbach. After him are Bella Darvi, Aleksey Batalov, Line Renaud, Mohammad Beheshti, Frank Wolff, and Cécile Aubry. Among people deceased in 2010, Steingrímur Hermannsson ranks 121. Before him are Nasr Abu Zayd, Philippa Foot, Vladimir Ilyushin, Girija Prasad Koirala, Alain Corneau, and Jonathan Motzfeldt. After him are Luigi Poggi, Fud Leclerc, José Torres, Rasim Delić, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Steingrímur Hermannsson ranks 31 out of 190. Before him are Jón Arason (1484), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), and Geir Haarde (1951). After him are Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Thorvald Eiriksson (972), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), and Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Steingrímur Hermannsson ranks 13. Before him are Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), and Geir Haarde (1951). After him are Davíð Oddsson (1948), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Ólafur Thors (1892), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Hannes Hafstein (1861).

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