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Key facts
- President
- Guðni Th. Jóhannesson , Halla Tómasdóttir
- Preceded by
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir
- Succeeded by
- Kristrún Frostadóttir
- Prime minister
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir
- Deputy
- Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir , Ólöf Nordal , Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir , Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
- Constituency
- Southwest
- Born
- ( 1970-01-26 ) 26 January 1970 (age 56) , Reykjavík , Iceland
- Party
- Independence
- Spouse
- Þóra Margrét Baldvinsdóttir
- Alma mater
- University of Iceland , University of Miami
- Nickname
- Bjarni Ben
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bjarni
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iceland
- Place of birth
- Reykjavík
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Iceland
- Educated at
- University of Miami
- Political party
- Independence Party
- Languages spoken
- Icelandic
- Image
- Bjarni Benediktsson - 2023 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Significant event
- Panama Papers
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- Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)
- date of birth
- 1970-01-26
- name in native language
- Bjarni Benediktsson
- different from
- Bjarni Benediktsson
- social media followers
- 9320
- candidacy in election
- 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election
- P10632
- Bjarni Benediktsson
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Encyclopedic overview
Bjarni Benediktsson ( Icelandic: [ˈpja(r)tnɪ ˈpɛːnɛtɪxtsˌsɔːn]; born 26 January 1970), known colloquially as Bjarni Ben, is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from January to November 2017 and again from April to December 2024. He was the leader of the Icelandic Independence Party from 2009 to 2025, and served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 to 2017, a post he later retained under Katrín Jakobsdóttir and held until his resignation in October 2023. After serving briefly as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2023 to 2024, Bjarni became prime minister again on 9 April 2024.
During his career, Bjarni was sometimes called a "teflon" politician, due to managing to retain his position as one of Iceland's most powerful politicians despite his frequent involvement in political scandals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bjarni Benediktsson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.