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Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
About Árni Þór Sigurðsson
- Árni Þór Sigurðsson (born 30 July 1960 in Reykjavik) is an Icelandic diplomat.
- Since January 1st 2018 he is Iceland's Ambassador to Finland, also accredited to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, resided in Helsinki.
- From May 1st 2015 he was Ambassador for Arctic affairs (Senior Arctic Official), representing Iceland in the Arctic Council.
- He was member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament 2007-2014, for the Left-Green Movement.
- He was Deputy Speaker of the Althing from 2009-2010 and again 2012-2013.
- Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Althingi Feb.
- 2009 - April 2013.
- Chairman of the Parliamentary Delegation to EFTA/EEA 2009-2013.
- Co-Chairman of the Iceland-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee.
- He was a delegate to the Nordic Council 2010-2013 and Chairman of the Nordic Council's Standing Committee of Culture and Education.
- Árni Þór held a number of Parliamentary Committee posts, incl.
- on budget and finance, economy, environment, constitutional affairs, procedural affairs etc.
- He was chair, vicechair and acting chair of the Parliamentary Group 2009-2012. Prior to his parliamentary career, Árni Þór was a City Councillor in Reykjavik for 13 years, responsible for pre-schools (1994-1998), city planning and construction (1999-2002) and transport and environment (2002-2006) and Chairman of the Board of the Port of Reykjavik (1994-2006).
- He was vicechair of the Eurocities Mobility Forum 2002-2006 and delegate to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 2003-2008. Árni Þór has a Master-degree in Economics and Russian from the University of Oslo, Norway and studied Russian at the universities in Stockholm, Sweden, and Moscow, Russia.
- He also has a diploma in Public Administration and a Master-degree in International Relations from the University of Iceland. Decorated as Commander of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
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