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    Össur Skarphéðinsson (pronounced [ˈœsːʏr ˈskar̥pçɛðɪnsɔn]; born 19 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from...
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  • Alliance (Samfylkingin). The first leader of the unified party was Össur Skarphéðinsson. The merger was a deliberate attempt to unify the entire Icelandic...
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    and Venezuela (Pedro Rosas Bravo); Foreign Ministers of Iceland (Össur Skarphéðinsson) and The Gambia (Ousman Jammeh); Defence Minister of The Maldives...
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    grænum". Vísir (in Icelandic). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019. "Össur segir kjósendur VG vilja í ESB". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 May...
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    Iceland: in parliament, the then leader of the Social Democratic party, Össur Skarphéðinsson, called for closer supervision of possible monopoly pricing, specifically...
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  • Þórarinn Eldjárn (writer) Þórður Helgason (writer and educationalist) Össur Skarphéðinsson (politician) Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir (professor emerita) Páll...
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    independent and sovereign state within the pre-1967 Six-Day War borders; Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the...
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    majority in favour of membership in Iceland, Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson was confident Iceland would join and looked to the EU's flexibility...
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    Júlíusdóttir Kristján L. Möller Oddný G. Harðardóttir Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svandís Svavarsdóttir...
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    businessman Herbert Guðmundsson (born 1953), pop music singer-songwriter Össur Skarphéðinsson (born 1953), politician Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 1954), film...
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    sharply contested election between her and the previous party leader Össur Skarphéðinsson. She has served in this position until 2009. On 24 May 2007, Sólrún...
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    Gunnarsson (D), 7,943.0 votes; Katrín Jakobsdóttir (V), 5,488.0 votes; Össur Skarphéðinsson (S), 4,888.0 votes; and Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (B), 4,234.5 votes. Compensatory...
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    March 2009, a report by Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphédinsson, considered three options: retaining the krona, adopting the euro...
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  • September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011. "Iceland: H.E. Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs". United Nations. 26 September 2011...
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    of October 2008 for talks with the government. Industry Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson was said to be "favourable" to help from the IMF to stabilise the...
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  • emergency decision-making mechanism. The Foreign Minister of Iceland, Össur Skarphéðinsson, condemned the attack saying, "Gaza is in fact a giant prison where...
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  • citizens and members of parliament. In 2011, Iceland's foreign minister Össur Skarphéðinsson issued an apology for violating Falun Gong practitioners' freedom...
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    East Anglia Alumni Directory. University of East Anglia. "H.E. Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson" (PDF). European Parliament. Retrieved 31 October 2014. "Mohamed...
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  • children's writer 12 June – Árni Steinar Jóhannsson, politician 19 June – Össur Skarphéðinsson, politician 26 June – Kristján L. Möller, politician. 15 December...
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  • Blöndal (D) Sigmundur D. Gunnlaugsson (B) Þráinn Bertelsson (O) Össur Skarphéðinsson (S) Ólöf Nordal (D) Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V) Sigríður I. Ingadóttir...
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    Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland, Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, and Mr. Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic...
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    Gunnarsson (D) 2. Frosti Sigurjónsson (B) 3. Katrín Jakobsdóttir (V) 4. Össur Skarphéðinsson (S) 5. Brynjar Þór Níelsson (D) 6. Björt Ólafsdóttir (A) 7. Sigrún...
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    Mósesdóttir (V), 6,048.0 votes; Ólöf Nordal (D), 6,999.5 votes; Össur Skarphéðinsson (S), 10,363.1 votes; Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir (S), 10,310.2...
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  • Kristján L. Möller Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson Magnús Orri Schram Össur Skarphéðinsson Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir – 2 Katrín Júlíusdóttir Ólína Þorvarðardóttir...
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    1 February 2009 1 year, 253 days Social Democratic Haarde II 20 Össur Skarphéðinsson (born 1953) 1 February 2009 23 May 2013 4 years, 111 days Social Democratic...
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    borders, with 38 members of the 63-seat parliament voting in favor. Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, formally declared Iceland's...
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    In 2009, the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time, Össur Skarphéðinsson, expressed his deep concerns with the ongoing missile crisis, and...
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    Júlíusdóttir Kristján L. Möller Oddný G. Harðardóttir Ögmundur Jónasson Össur Skarphéðinsson Ragna Árnadóttir Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Svandís Svavarsdóttir...
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    Kristinn Björgvinsson as Minister of Health and Social Security. Össur Skarphéðinsson replaced Eiður Svanberg Guðnason as Minister for the Environment...
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    favour of NTC On 3 June Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met with one of the NTC's representatives in the UK. The minister...
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