Sigmar Guðmundsson (born 7 April 1969) is an Icelandic politician from

Viðreisn Viðreisn (), officially known in English as the Liberal Reform Party, is a Liberalism, liberal political party political parties in Iceland, in Iceland positioned on the Centrism, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spe ...

. He is a member of the

Parliament of Iceland The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what lat ...

for the

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. He worked for years in the media but was elected to parliament in the

2021 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 September 2021 to elect the members of the Althing. Following the elections, the three parties in the ruling coalition government – the Independence Party, Progressive Party and Left-Green M ...

. During his high school years, Sigmar participated in the Icelandic High School Speech and Debate Competition ( Morfís) on behalf of and was chosen as the national speaker in 1988 and 1990. He began his media career in radio on and Aðalstöðinn, but since the mid-1990s has mostly worked at RÚV, apart from a two-year stint at

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at the turn of the century. Within the walls of RÚV, Sigmar worked in various programming, for example as a journalist in

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and an interviewer in Gettu Betur in 2006-2008 and in Útsvari in 2007-2017 (along with Thóra Arnórsdóttir). He was in charge of the programs Inter Nos on

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and Morgunútvarp Rásar 2.{{Cite web , last=Jónsdóttir , first=Svava , date=2021-06-10 , title=Sigrar og sorgir Sigmars: „Það var til dæmis mjög sárt þegar ég féll" - , url=https://www.mannlif.is/frettir/sigrar-og-sorgir-sigmars-thad-var-til-daemis-mjog-sart-thegar-eg-fell/ , access-date=2024-12-28 , website=Mannlíf.is , language=is After 30 years in the media, including 23 years at RÚV, Sigmar decided to step aside and run for parliament on behalf of

in 2021.

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Living people 1969 births Viðreisn politicians Icelandic broadcasters Icelandic television personalities Members of the Althing 2024–2028