Guðbjartur Hannesson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Icelandic politician
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Place of Birth: Akranes, Western Region, Iceland
About Guðbjartur Hannesson
- Guðbjartur Hannesson (3 June 1950 – 23 October 2015) was an Icelandic politician and was welfare minister.
- He is affiliated with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).He won a seat in parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance in 2007.
- He served as speaker of the Althing in 2009.
- In September 2010 he was appointed Minister for Social Affairs and Health and was charged with merging his department with the Ministry of Labour and create a new Ministry for Welfare from January 2011.After the parliamentary election 27 April 2013 there was a change of government and on 23 May Eygló Harðardóttir became the new welfare minister, while Kristjáni Þór Júlíussyni became minister of Health.
- He died on 23 October 2015 after a very short battle with cancer.
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