Background
HALLGRiMSSON, Geir was born on December 16, 1925 in. Reykjavik. Son of Aslaug Geirsdbttir Zoega and Hallgrimur Benediktsson. married Ema Finnsdottir 1948.
HALLGRiMSSON, Geir was born on December 16, 1925 in. Reykjavik. Son of Aslaug Geirsdbttir Zoega and Hallgrimur Benediktsson. married Ema Finnsdottir 1948.
Graduate, Reykjavik College, 1944. Degree in Law, University Iceland, 1948. Postgraduate in Law & Economics, Harvard University, 1949.
Sole practice, Reykjavik, 1951—1959. Member city executive council, 1954—1974. Director H. Benediktsson Ltd., 1955—1959.
With Supreme Court, 1957. 1st vice president council, 1958—1959. Mayor, 1959—1972; alternate Member of Parliament, 1959—1970.
Member center committee Independence Party (Sjalfstaedisflokkurinn), 1965—1987, chairman, 1973—1983. Principal member, since 1970. Prime minister, 1974—1978.
Chairman foreign affairs committee, 1979—1983. Minister foreign affairs, 1983—1986. Governor Central Bank Iceland, 1986.
Reykjavik City Council 1954-1974. 1970-1983; Central Committee Independence Party 1965-1987.
Married Erna Finnsdottir, 1948. 4 children.