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Icelandic politician

Guðbjartur Hannesson
Minister of Health
In office2 September 2010 – 31 December 2010
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Succeeded by	Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-03)3 June 1950Akranes, Iceland
Died	23 October 2015(2015-10-23) (aged 65)Akranes, Iceland
Political party	Social Democratic Alliance

Guðbjartur Hannesson (3 June 1950 – 23 October 2015) was an Icelandic politician and was welfare minister. He was affiliated with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).[1]

He won a seat in parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance in 2007. He served as speaker of the Althing in 2009.[2] In September 2010 he was appointed Minister for Social Affairs and Health and was charged with merging his department with the Ministry of Labour and create a new Ministry for Welfare from January 2011.[3]

After the parliamentary election 27 April 2013 there was a change of government and on 23 May Eygló Harðardóttir became the new welfare minister, while Kristjáni Þór Júlíussyni became minister of Health. He died on 23 October 2015 after a very short battle with cancer.[4]

1. ^ "Aðal síður Fjölmenningarseturs - English - Fjölmenningarsetur". mcc.is.
2. ^ "Þingmenn". Alþingi.
3. ^ "Iceland's Gudbjartur Hannesson puts people's welfare first during the crisis". nordiclabourjournal.org.
4. ^ "Andlát: Guðbjartur Hannesson". mbl.is.