Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson (born 28 March 1977) is a member of parliament (Alþingi) in Iceland. He served as Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour Market from 28 November 2021 to 17 October 2024. He represents the Left-Green Movement. He was Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources from 30 November 2017 to 28 November 2021. He has also served as the CEO of Landvernd, the largest nature conservation and environmental NGO in Iceland, from 2011 to 2017.[1] In 2017 he became the first openly gay man to become an Icelandic Minister.[2] From April to October 2024 he served as the chair of the Left-Green Movement.
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson | |
|---|---|
 Guðmundur in 2018 | |
| Minister for the Social Affairs and the Labour Market | |
| In office 28 November 2021 – 17 October 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Preceded by | Ásmundur Einar Daðason (Social Affairs and Children) |
| Succeeded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources | |
| In office 30 November 2017 – 28 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Preceded by | Björt Ólafsdóttir |
| Succeeded by | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (Environment, Energy, and Climate) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1977 Brúarland, Iceland |
| Political party | Left-Green Movement |
| Education | University of Iceland (B.Sc) Yale University (M.E.M.) |
Education and career
editGuðmundur was raised on a farm. His intention was to be a sheep farmer. When he went to a secondary school in Akureyri he started acting and was interested in becoming an actor, but found out that he didn’t sing well enough. After graduation he went to the Reykjavik household school and then travelled to Germany, where he stayed in a monastery for a few months. He found out eventually that his faith was not strong enough to be a monk.[3] Guðmundur holds a BSc degree in biology from the University of Iceland and a master's degree in environmental science from Yale University.[4] He has worked with research in ecology and environmental studies at the University of Iceland and at The Soil Conservation Service of Iceland. He then worked at The Institute of Freshwater Fisheries in Hólar in Hjaltadalur.[5] Since 2006 he has been a part-time teacher at the University of Iceland, the Agricultural University of Iceland and the University Center of the Westfjords.[6] He has also worked as a ranger in Þingvellir National Park and Vatnajökull National Park.
He was one of the founders of The Icelandic Association of Environmentalists and was the first chairman from 2007 to 2010. In 2011 he became the CEO of Landvernd, an Icelandic environment association. He served as CEO of Landvernd for 6 years.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Guðmundur Ingi ráðinn framkvæmdastjóri". Landvernd (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "Skiptir miklu máli að vera fyrstur". Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson: Planned to be a sheep farmer, now Iceland's labour minister". Nordic Labour Journal. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ "Government Offices of Iceland | Government.is". www.government.is. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ www.nepal.is, Nepal hugbúnaður -. "Veiðimálastofnun". gamli.veidimal.is. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "Iceland elects 41-year-old environmentalist as prime minister". Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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