Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Guðlaugur.
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson

Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson speaking at a parade on 8 May 2008.
Minister of Health
In office
24 May 2007  1 February 2009
Prime Minister Geir Haarde
Preceded by Siv Friðleifsdóttir (as Minister of Health and Social Security)
Succeeded by Ögmundur Jónasson (as Minister of Health)
Personal details
Born (1967-12-19) 19 December 1967
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party Independence Party
Spouse(s) Ágústa Johnson
Children two children
Alma mater University of Iceland

Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (Godhlaugur Thor Thordharson, born 19 December 1967) is an Icelandic politician. He has been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Independence Party since 2003 and served as the Minister of Health from 24 May 2007 to 1 February 2009. He is the first MP of the Reykjavík North constituency, after beating the Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs Björn Bjarnason in the primary election.

Guðlaugur graduated with a BA degree in Political Sciences from the University of Iceland in 1996. He is married to Ágústa Johnson, and is the father of two children.

Guðlaugur started his involvement in the Independence party in 1987 when he was elected on the board of the National Youth Organisation of the Independence Party in which he served until 1997 of which he was vice chairman 1989–1993 and chairman 1993–1997. He was then elected on the Reykjavík City Council in 1998 and sat two four year terms there. He sat on the parliamentary committee on welfare issues 2003–2006, the committee on fisheries 2003–2007, and the committee on the environment 2003–2007 (chairman 2004–2007)

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Political offices
Preceded by
Siv Friðleifsdóttir
as Minister of Health and Social Security
Minister of Health
2007–2009
Succeeded by
Ögmundur Jónasson


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