Magnús Guðmundsson (6 February 1879 – 28 November 1937) was an

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ic politician. He graduated in laws from the

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in 1907. Magnus was a member of

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for his constituency in North west Iceland from 1916 till the day of his death in 1937. He served as

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for 15 days, from 23 June to 8 July 1926 following the death of Jón Magnússon. Magnus is the shortest serving prime minister in Icelandic history. Magnus was a member of the now defunct Conservative Party (''Íhaldsflokkurinn''). He was the Minister of Industrial Affairs in the presiding Government of Jón Magnússon from 1924 to 1927. Prior to that he had served as

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from 1920 to 1922. He was a founding member of the Independence Party and served as a minister of Justice in the first government that the Independence Party participated in, from 1932 to 1934.

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