Friðrik Sophusson (born 18 October 1943 in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

) is an

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic politician and

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. He was the former director of Icelandic state-run energy firm

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Career

Friðrik graduated from the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

in 1972, as a lawyer and was managing director of

Management Association of Iceland Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

between 1972 and 1978 when he took a seat in Parliament. was

Minister of Industry and Commerce A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

from 8 July until 28 December 1987 and

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

from 30 April 1991 until 16 April 1998. From 1998 until 2009 he was the director of

. In 2010 he was announced as the chairman of the board of directors of

Íslandsbanki Íslandsbanki is an Icelandic bank with roots tracing back to 1875, formerly being the domestic part of Glitnir banki hf., but on 15 October 2008 being split from the bankrupt Glitnir and reestablished into a new independent bank. The sole opera ...

, one of the three major Icelandic banks.

Other activities

In his political career he has been a member of various committees and boards, e.g. the central committee of the conservative

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. As director of Iceland's state-run energy firm

, Friðrik has been among the most active proponents of the controversial

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at Kárahnjúkar in eastern Iceland.

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Career

Other activities

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