Background
HANNIBALSSON, Jon Baldvin was born on February 21, 1939 in Isafjôrdur, North Western Iceland. Parents: Hannibal Valdimarsson and Solveig Olafsddttir.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
HANNIBALSSON, Jon Baldvin was born on February 21, 1939 in Isafjôrdur, North Western Iceland. Parents: Hannibal Valdimarsson and Solveig Olafsddttir.
Reykjavik Grammar School, 1958. University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Master of Arts, Economics, 1963. University of Stockholm, Sweden, post-graduate work.
Labour Market Economics, 1963-1964. University of Iceland, Diploma, Educational Studies, 1965. Harvard Center for European Studies.
USA, Fulbright Scholar, 1976-1977. Spoken languages: nordic languages, english.
Teacher Reykjavik (Iceland) High School, 1964-1970. Rector Isafjordur (Iceland) College, 1970-1979. Chief editor Althydubladid, Reykjavik, 1979-1982.
Member of Parliament Iceland, 1982-1998. Minister finance Government of Iceland, 1987-1988, minister for foreign affairs and external trade, 1988-1995. Ambassador to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, Embassy of Iceland, Washington, 1998—2002.
Ambassador to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, 2003—2006. Chairman Social Democratic Party of Iceland, 1984-1996. President Council of Ministers of the European Free Trade Association, 1989, 92, 94.
Deputy member Reykjavik City Council, 1966-1967. Chairman Union of High School and College Teachers, 1966-1968. Member Town Council of Isafjordur, 1971-1978 (chairman 1975-1976).
Member North Atlantic Council Ministers.
Married Bryndis Schram. Four children.