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Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (7 July 1924 – 20 July 2010) was
prime minister of Iceland The prime minister of Iceland ( is, Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary suppor ...
for the Social Democratic Party (''Alþýðuflokkurinn'') from 15 October 1979 to 8 February 1980. Prior to that he was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978–1980. He was minister of foreign affairs during his tenure as PM, therefore the only politician from the independence 1944 to serve in both cabinet positions at the same time. His government was the second Social Democrat minority government of Iceland. He was member of
Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ...
i from 1956 to 1982 and led his party from 1974 to 1980. He attended the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1966. After leaving the political scene in 1982 Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal was appointed ambassador of Iceland to Sweden and Finland. After residing for some years in
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he served as roving ambassador to the Far East, including Australia, China, South Korea and Japan. After serving two years as representative to the United Nations Benedikt Gröndal retired to his native home in 1991. He died on 20 July 2010 at the age of 86.


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Grondal, Benedikt Sigurdsson Grondal, Benedikt Sigurdsson Ambassadors of Iceland to Australia Ambassadors of Iceland to China Ambassadors of Iceland to Finland Ambassadors of Iceland to Japan Ambassadors of Iceland to South Korea Ambassadors of Iceland to Sweden Members of the Althing Permanent Representatives of Iceland to the United Nations Prime Ministers of Iceland Social Democratic Party (Iceland) politicians Grondal, Benedikt Sigurdsson Grondal, Benedikt Sigurdsson {{Iceland-politician-stub