Ólafur Thors

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Prime Minister of Iceland
Ólafur Thors

In office May 16, 1942 – December 16, 1942 October 21, 1944–February 4, 1947 December 6, 1949 – March 14, 1950 September 11, 1953 – July 24, 1956 November 20, 1959 –November 14, 1963
Preceded by	Hermann Jónasson Björn Þórðarson Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson Steingrímur Steinþórsson Emil Jónsson
Succeeded by	Björn Þórðarson Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson Steingrímur Steinþórsson Hermann Jónasson Bjarni Benediktsson

Born	January 19, 1892 (1892-01-19) Borgarnes, Iceland
Died	December 31, 1964 (aged 72) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Independence Party

Ólafur Thors (January 19, 1892–December 31, 1964) was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland on five occasions:

16 May 1942 to 16 December 1942
21 October 1944 to 4 February 1947
6 December 1949 to 14 March 1950
11 September 1953 to 24 July 1956
20 November 1959 to 14 November 1963

Ólafur Thors was a member of parliament from 1926 until the day of his death in 1964. His first ministerial post was when he served as a substitute justice minister from November 14, 1932 to December 23 in the same year. In his political career he served as Minister of Industrial Affairs from 1939 to 1942, foreign minister in his own governments in 1942 and 1944-1947, social minister in his own government from 1949 to 1950, fisheries and industrial minister from 1950 to 1953 and he served as a fisheries minister in his own government from 1953 to 1956. He attended the General Assemby at the UN in 1947 and 1948. Ólafur Thors led the Independence Party from 1934 to 1961. His fifth government with the social Democrats sat under two other prime ministers from the Independence Party to 1971.

Preceded by Jón Þorláksson	Chairman of the Independence Party 1934–1961	Succeeded by Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded by Hermann Jónasson	Prime Minister of Iceland (first term) 1942	Succeeded by Björn Þórðarson
Preceded by Björn Þórðarson	Prime Minister of Iceland (second term) 1944–1947	Succeeded by Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
Preceded by Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson	Prime Minister of Iceland (third term) 1949–1950	Succeeded by Steingrímur Steinþórsson
Preceded by Steingrímur Steinþórsson	Prime Minister of Iceland (fourth term) 1953–1956	Succeeded by Hermann Jónasson
Preceded by Emil Jónsson	Prime Minister of Iceland (fifth term) 1959–1963	Succeeded by Bjarni Benediktsson

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Iceland

Home rule, 1904-1918 and Kingdom of Iceland, 1918-1944: Hannes • Björn J. • Kristján • Hannes • Sigurður • Einar • Jón M. • Sigurður • Jón M. • Magnús (acting) • Jón Þ. • Tryggvi • Ásgeir • Hermann • Ólafur Thors • Björn Þ. Republic of Iceland, 1944-: Ólafur Thors • Stefán • Ólafur Thors • Steingrímur • Ólafur Thors • Hermann • Emil • Ólafur Thors • Bjarni • Jóhann • Ólafur J. • Geir Hallgrímsson • Ólafur J. • Benedikt • Gunnar • Steingrímur • Þorsteinn • Steingrímur • Davíð • Halldór • Geir Haarde