Background
BJORGVINSSON, Sighvatur was born on January 23, 1942 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Parents: Sighvatsson Bjôrgvinsson and Johanna Bjôrgvinsson.
Minister of Health and Social Security
BJORGVINSSON, Sighvatur was born on January 23, 1942 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Parents: Sighvatsson Bjôrgvinsson and Johanna Bjôrgvinsson.
Akureyri Higher Secondary Grammar School, 1961. University of Iceland, degree, Philosophy, 1963. Degree, 1966; spoken languages: Icelandic, Scandinavian languages, English.
Member, Social Democratic Party’s Workers' Committee, 1964-1965. Secretary, Social Democratic Youth Federation, 1964-1966. Chairman, Reykjavik’s Social Democratic Youth Association, 1965.
Secretary, Joint Organization of Reykjavik’s Social Democratic Associations, 1965. Board Member, Social Democratic Party, since 1967. Board Member, Social Democratic Association.
Member of Parliament for Westjfords, 1974-1983, since 1987. Chairman, Parliament Group of the Social Democratic Party, 1978-1983. Minister of Finance, 1979-1980.
Suppliant Member of Parliament, 1983-1987. Second Vice President, Parliament’s Lower House, 1987-1988. Chairman, Parliament’s Allocation and Budget Committee, 1987-1991.
Minister of Health and Social Security, 199I-. Member, Industrial Training Board, 1967-1969. Editor, Althydubladid, 1969-1974.
Lutheran
Executive Director, Nordic Association, 1984-1991.
Spouse Bjôrk Melax (née Melax), 1963. Children: four.