Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (born 14 May 1943, in Ísafjörður, Iceland) is the fifth and current President of Iceland, from 1996 to present, re-elected unopposed in 2000, and was re-elected for a third term in 2004. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... List of Presidents of Iceland Sveinn Björnsson (1944-1952) Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1952-1968) Kristján Eldjárn (1968-1980) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1980-1996) Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1996-present) See also: Politics of Iceland, list of Prime Ministers of Iceland, list of Icelandic rulers, lists of incumbents... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A presidential election was held in Iceland on Saturday, 26 June 2004. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1962 to 1970, he studied economics and political science at the University of Manchester. He was a professor at the University of Iceland for political science, served as Member of Althing, was Minister of Finance (1988–1991) and served as chairman of the left People's Alliance (1987–1995). 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [oeko], house, and νέμω [nemo], distribute) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources through measurable variables. ... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political Science is the systematic study of the allocation and transfer of power in decision making. ... University of Manchester Motto: Cognitio Sapientia Hvmanitas Knowledge, wisdom, humanity. ... The University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) is a state university, founded in 1911. ... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political Science is the systematic study of the allocation and transfer of power in decision making. ... Alþingi (English: Althing) is the national parliament, or literally the General Iceland. ... The Peoples Alliance (Icelandic: Alþýðubandalagið) was a electoral alliance in Iceland from 1956 to 1968 and a political party from 1968 to 1998. ...

He married Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir in 1974, who gave birth to twin daughters the following year. Guðrún Katrín was very popular in Iceland, and her charisma is without a doubt one of the main reasons her husband was elected; she charmed the nation right from the start of their campaign. Her death from leukaemia in 1998 was a shock to the nation and her family. Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir (14 August 1934 — 12 October 1998) was the First Lady of Iceland 1996 — 1998. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a group of blood diseases characterized by malignancies (cancer) of the blood-forming tissues. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Ólafur's second marriage was to Dorrit Moussaieff to whom he had been engaged since May 2000. This took place on his 60th birthday 14 May 2003 in a private ceremony held at the presidential residence. Dorrit Moussaieff is the second and current wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is the first president to use the authorization given in the 26th article of the Icelandic constitution to refuse to sign a law from Alþingi, in which case the law in question would be put to a national referendum. He did that on June 2, 2004 to a law about the mass media. His decision remains controversial with politicians and legal scholars alike. Some have claimed the refusal to sign the law as "an attack" on Alþingi and parliamentary sovereignty and lawyers debate whether article 26 is actually valid. No national referendum was ever held about the controversial media law as the government withdrew the law before referendum could be held. Alþingi (English: Althing) is the national parliament: literally, the all-thing (or General Assembly) of Iceland. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Parliamentary sovereignty or Parliamentary supremacy is the concept in British constitutional law that a parliament has sovereignty. ...

In the 2004 presidential elections, Ólafur was firmly re-elected with 67.5 per cent of the votes cast but that election also saw a record number of empty ballots or 21.2 per cent which has been interpreted by some as dissent with the president's decision to not sign the media law. It has been suggested that the constitution ought to be changed as to take away the right that the president has to refuse to sign law and rest that power with the people themselves who could do so with a certain number of signatures collected for instance. A presidential election was held in Iceland on Saturday, 26 June 2004. ...

Vigdis Finnbogadóttir Vigdis Finnbogadottir (born 15 April 1930) was 4th president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. ... List of Presidents of Iceland Sveinn Björnsson (1944-1952) Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1952-1968) Kristján Eldjárn (1968-1980) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1980-1996) Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1996-present) See also: Politics of Iceland, list of Prime Ministers of Iceland, list of Icelandic rulers, lists of incumbents...