Career
Researcher Icelandic Committee on Security and International Affairs, 1983—1985. Planning officer Association Municipalities in Capital Area, 1985—1986. Parliamentary correspondent Timinn newspaper, 1986—1988.
First secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1988—1990, first secretary Icelandic delegate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1990—1994, counsellor Icelandic delegate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1994—1995, counsellor, deputy political director, head North Atlantic Treaty Organization affairs and security policy division, 1995—1996, minister-counsellor, 1996, director defense, 1997—1999, ambassador, 1999, premanent representative to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1999—2004, permanent representative to UNOV, 2000—2004, permanent representative to International Atomic Energy Agency, 2000—2004, permanent representative to CTBTO, 2000—2004, ambassador to Austria, Bosnia nd Herzegovina, Hungary, and Slovakia, 2000—2004, ambassador to Japan, 2004—2008, special representative to Palestinian Authority, 2008, director defense and security affairs, 2008. Chief of staff Iceland Defense Force, since 2008.
