Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal

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Prime Minister of Iceland
Benedikt Gröndal

In office 15 October 1979 – 8 February 1980
President	Kristján Eldjárn
Preceded by	Ólafur Jóhannesson
Succeeded by	Gunnar Thoroddsen

Born	7 July 1924 (1924-07-07) (age 83)
Nationality	Iceland
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (born July 7, 1924) was Prime Minister of Iceland for the Social Democratic (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 15 October 1979 to 8 February 1980. Prior to that he was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978-1980. He was minister of foreign affairs during his tenure as PM, therefore the only politician from the independence 1944 to serve in both cabinet positions at the same time. His government was the second Social Democrat minority government of Iceland. He was member of Althingi from 1956 to 1982 and led his party from 1974 to 1980. He attended the General Assembly of UN 1966.

Preceded by Ólafur Jóhannesson	Prime Minister of Iceland 1979–1980	Succeeded by Gunnar Thoroddsen

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