Jóhann Ársælsson (born 7 December 1943) is an

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ic politician and former member of the

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. A member of the

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, he represented the

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constituency from May 1991 to April 1995 and from May 1999 to May 2003, and the

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constituency from May 2003 to May 2007. Jóhann was born on 7 December 1943 in

Ólafsvík Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports ...

. He is the son of

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Ársæll Jónsson and Anna Sigrún Jóhannsdóttir. He studied shipbuilding from 1961 and 1965 and qualified as a master shipbuilder. He was

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of the Knarrar boat yard in

Akranes Akranes () is a port town and municipality on the west coast of Iceland, around north of the capital Reykjavík. The area where Akranes is located was settled in the 9th century; however, it did not receive a municipal charter until 1942. His ...

from 1974 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1999. He was on the board of the State Cement Factory (1977–1981), HAB (1979–1987), State Herring Factory (1992–1993) and

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(1995–1998). Jóhann was a member of the

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in Akranes from 1974 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1990. He was on the central board of the

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from 1987. He was a substitute member of the

in October 1984 for

Skúli Alexandersson Skúli or Skuli is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to: *Skúli Þórsteinsson, 11th century Icelandic poet and warrior *Skúli Sverrisson (born 1966), Icelandic bass player and composer, residing in New York City *Skuli Sigfusson ...

. He was elected to the Althing at the 1991 parliamentary election. He was deputy chairman of social democratic

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from August 1992 to April 1995 and from June 1999 to May 2003. Jóhann announced in September 2006 that he would not be seeking re-election. In May 2012 he was appointed chairman of the Housing Financing Fund (ÍLS) by Minister of Welfare

Guðbjartur Hannesson Guðbjartur Hannesson (3 June 1950 – 23 October 2015) was an Icelandic politician and was welfare minister. He was affiliated with the Social Democratic Alliance (''Samfylkingin''). He won a seat in parliament for the Social Democratic Allia ...

. Jóhann married Guðbjörg Róbertsdóttir in 1966 and has three sons and a daughter.

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Jóhann Ársælsson Jóhann Ársælsson (born 7 December 1943) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Western (Althing constituency), Western constituency from May 1991 to April 19 ...

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