Background
THORSTEINSSON, Petur was born in 1917 in Reykjavik.
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Petur THORSTEINSSON
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University of Iceland.
Career
Served Moscow 1944, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1947. Delegation to Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Assembly, Washington 1949. Secretary Icelandic Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Committee 1948-1951.
Chief of Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1951, Head, Commercial Division 1950-1953.
Chairman Inter-Bank Committee on Foreign Exchange 53. Minister to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1953-1956, Ambassador 1956-1961 (concurrently Minister to Hungary 1955-1961 and to Romania 1956-1961).
Ambassador to Federation Republic of Germany (concurrently Ambassador to Greece and Minister to Switzerland and Yugoslavia) 1961-1962, to France (concurrently Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development ) 1962-1965, concurrently Ambassador to Belgium 1962-1965, to Luxembourg 65, to European Economic Community 1963-1965.
Ambassador to United States of America 1965-1969, concurrently accredited to Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Mexico and Minister to Cuba.
Secretary-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1969-1976. Ambassador to Distant Countries (Asia and Africa) with residence in Reykjavik since 1976, also accredited to People"s Republic of China, Japan and Iran since 1976, to India and Pakistan 1976-1984, to Thailand 1977, to Bangladesh 1978-1984, to Iraq since 1978, to Tunisia 1980-1984, to Republic of of Korea and Democratic Republic of of Korea since 1982, to Australia since 1984, to Indonesia since 1985. Commander with Star.
Connections
Married Oddny Stefansson in 1948.
