Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson

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

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (born 9 June 1968) is an Icelandic politician for the Centre Party.

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
In office 7 April 2016 – 11 January 2017
Prime Minister	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded by	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Succeeded by	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 23 May 2013 – 7 April 2016
Prime Minister	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Preceded by	Össur Skarphéðinsson
Succeeded by	Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
Personal details
Born	(1968-06-09) 9 June 1968 (age 57) Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
Political party	Progressive Party (until 2017) Centre Party

He is a member of the Althingi (Iceland's parliament) for the Centre Party for the Northwest of Iceland constituency since 2017. He was the chairman of the Progressive Party from 2009 to 2013.^[1] On 23 May 2013, Gunnar Bragi was appointed the minister for foreign affairs. In 2017, he joined the Centre Party formed by his close friend Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and ran for party in the 2017 elections.^[2] He is currently chairman of the Center Party parliamentary group.