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Björn Valur Gíslason (born 20 September 1959) is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament (2009–2013). He is a member of the Left-Green Movement. He has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since 2009.
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The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state, while the prime minister of Iceland serves as the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament, the Althingi. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Alþingi is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at Þingvellir, situated approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavík. Even after Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing still held its sessions at Þingvellir until 1800, when it was discontinued. It was restored in 1844 by royal decree and moved to Reykjavík. The restored unicameral legislature first came together in 1845 and after 1874 operated in two chambers with an additional third chamber taking on a greater role as the decades passed until 1991 when Althing became once again unicameral. The present parliament building, the Alþingishús, was built in 1881, made of hewn Icelandic stone. The unicameral parliament has 63 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation. The current speaker of the Althing is Birgir Ármannsson.
The Left-Green Movement, officially the Left Movement – Green Candidature and also known by its short-form name Vinstri græn (VG), is an eco-socialist political party in Iceland.
Geir Hilmar Haarde is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 15 June 2006 to 1 February 2009 and as president of the Nordic Council in 1995. Geir was chairman of the Icelandic Independence Party from 2005 to 2009. Since 23 February 2015 he has served as the ambassador of Iceland to the United States and several Latin American countries.
Sólveig Guðrún Pétursdóttir is an Icelandic politician a former speaker of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, serving between 2005 and 2007. She was a parliament member from 1991, for the Reykjavík Constituency (1991–2003), and the Reykjavik Constituency South (2003–2007). She is a member of the Independence Party. Sólveig was Iceland's Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1999–2003. She is a lawyer from the University of Iceland (1977).
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. She became active in the trade union movement, serving as an officer.
Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir is an Icelandic politician and was Speaker of Alþingi, Iceland's parliament. She was Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security from 1 February 2009 – 14 May 2009. She served as speaker of the Althing from 2009 to 2013. She has been a member of the Alþing since 1995.
Þór Saari is a former member of parliament of Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 2009–13, representing The Movement. He was The Movement's chairman, a rotating post, from October 2010 to October 2011. He previously represented the Citizens' Movement.
Jón Bjarnason is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 1999 to 2013. An agronomist by training, he served as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the years 2009–2011.
Árni Þór Sigurðsson is an Icelandic diplomat. Since 1 June 2020 he is Iceland's Ambassador to the Russian Federation, resided on Moscow, also accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. He was Iceland's Ambassador to Finland, also accredited to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, resided in Helsinki, from 2018-2020. From 1 May 2015 he was Ambassador for Arctic affairs, representing Iceland in the Arctic Council. He was member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament 2007–2014, for the Left-Green Movement. He was Deputy Speaker of the Althing from 2009 to 2010 and again 2012–2013. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Althingi Feb. 2009 - April 2013. Chairman of the Parliamentary Delegation to EFTA/EEA 2009–2013. Co-Chairman of the Iceland-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee. He was a delegate to the Nordic Council 2010-2013 and Chairman of the Nordic Council's Standing Committee of Culture and Education. Árni Þór held a number of Parliamentary Committee posts, incl. on budget and finance, economy, environment, constitutional affairs, procedural affairs etc. He was chair, vicechair and acting chair of the Parliamentary Group 2009–2012.
Þuríður Backman is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Left-Green Movement. She has been Deputy Speaker of the Althing since 2003, and a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union since 2007.
Höskuldur Þórhallsson is an Icelandic politician and a former member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Progressive Party. He served as President of the Nordic Council in 2015.
Birkir Jón Jónsson is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Progressive Party. He has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly since 2009.
Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance. He has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union since 2010.
Jonina Ros Guomundsdottir is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance. She has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the EFTA since 2009.
Skúli Helgason was a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance.
Svandís Svavarsdóttir is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Left-Green Movement. She served as Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in the government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. In the First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir she served as Minister of Health. She was also the leader of the Left-Green Movement's parliamentary group. She is currently serving as the Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.
Birgir Ármannsson is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Independence Party. He was educated at the University of Iceland and King's College London. Since 2021 he is the Speaker of the Althing.
Logi Már Einarsson is an Icelandic politician and architect.
Bryndís Haraldsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who is a member of the Althing representing the Southwest constituency. She is also the 25th and incumbent president of the West Nordic Council, succeeding the former prime minister of Greenland, Lars-Emil Johansen in 2016. Sonur hennar er Fannar Freyr Örnólfsson
