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

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from 23 June to 8 July 1926, and was a member of the now defunct

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(''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

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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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