Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðlaugur.

Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (Icelandic pronunciation: [kvʏðlœyɣʏr̥ θouːr̥ θourðar̥son]; born 19 December 1967) is an Icelandic politician who served as Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate from 2021 to 2024 and previously minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2021.^[1]

Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Guðlaugur in 2021
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate
In office 28 November 2021 – 21 December 2024
Prime Minister	Katrín Jakobsdóttir Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded by	Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
Succeeded by	Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 11 January 2017 – 28 November 2021
Prime Minister	Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded by	Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
Succeeded by	Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Minister for Health
In office 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Siv Friðleifsdóttir (Health and Social Security)
Succeeded by	Ögmundur Jónasson
Personal details
Born	(1967-12-19) 19 December 1967 (age 57) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Independence
Spouse	Ágústa Johnson
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Iceland

Early life and education

Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson graduated with a BA degree in Political Sciences from the University of Iceland in 1996.^[2]

Political career

Guðlaugur started his involvement in the Independence party in 1987 when he was elected on the board of the National Youth Organisation of the Independence Party in which he served until 1997 of which he was vice chairman 1989–1993 and chairman 1993–1997. He was then elected on the Reykjavík City Council in 1998 and sat two four-year terms there. He sat on the parliamentary committee on welfare issues 2003–2006, the committee on fisheries 2003–2007, and the committee on the environment 2003–2007 (chairman 2004–2007).^{[citation needed]}

He has been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Independence Party since 2003 and served as the Minister of Health from 24 May 2007 to 1 February 2009.

Guðlaugur meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Reykjavik in May 2021.

Guðlaugur represented Reykjavík North 2003–2009, then switched to Reykjavík South for the 2009 elections before returning to Reykjavík North in 2013, where he has topped the party list for the last three elections. In the party primary in 2006 he defeated then Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs Björn Bjarnason for the top spot in Reykjavík North.

He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 11 January 2017.^{[citation needed]}

Guðlaugur opposes Icelandic membership of the European Union.^[3][4] He is strongly supportive of Iceland's membership of the European Economic Area, describing the benefits as substantial.^[5][6]

Personal life

He is married and has four children.^[2]

See also

• List of foreign ministers in 2017