Steingrímur Hermannsson

Steingrímur Hermannsson
23rd and 25th Prime Minister of Iceland
In office
28 September 1988  30 April 1991
PresidentVigdís Finnbogadóttir
Preceded byÞorsteinn Pálsson
Succeeded byDavíð Oddsson
In office
26 May 1983  8 July 1987
PresidentVigdís Finnbogadóttir
Preceded byGunnar Thoroddsen
Succeeded byÞorsteinn Pálsson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
8 July 1987  28 September 1988
Prime MinisterÞorsteinn Pálsson
Preceded byMatthías Árni Mathiesen
Succeeded byJón Baldvin Hannibalsson
Minister of Fisheries
In office
8 February 1980  26 May 1983
Prime MinisterGunnar Thoroddsen
Preceded byKjartan Jóhannsson
Succeeded byHalldór Ásgrímsson
Minister of Justice
In office
1 September 1978  15 October 1979
Prime MinisterÓlafur Jóhannesson
Preceded byÓlafur Jóhannesson
Succeeded byVilmundur Gylfason
Personal details
Born(1928-06-22)22 June 1928
Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
Died1 February 2010(2010-02-01) (aged 81)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyProgressive
Children6
Alma materIllinois Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology

Steingrímur Hermannsson (pronounced [ˈsteinkrimur ˈhɛrmanˌsɔn]; 22 June 1928 – 1 February 2010) was an Icelandic politician who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1983 to 1987, and again from 1988 to 1991. He was the chairman for the Progressive Party from 1979 to 1994.

Steingrímur's father, Hermann Jónasson also served as Iceland's prime minister from 1934 to 1942 and again from 1956 to 1958. Steingrímur's son, Guðmundur Steingrímsson ran as the chairman for his own party in the 2013 parliamentary election.