“to transfer the responsibilities of the president onto other shoulders”
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland, serving from 1996 to 2016. He was previously a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the People's Alliance and served as Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1991.
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politics · President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016 · politician · university teacher · political scientist · also Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, Grímsson
Born 14 May 1943 · Q57284
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2016· 2 entries
Campaign: 2016 election and Panama Papers controversy.
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2015· 1 entry
Ólafur expressed concern that Saudi Arabian financing of a mosque in Reykjavík will fuel radical Islam in Iceland, and said that he was, "shocked to the point of paralysis" when he learned the government of Saudi Arabia
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2013· 1 entry
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2012· 1 entry
Campaign: 2012 election.
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2011).
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2008· 2 entries
On 1 January 2008, in his new year's address, Ólafur announced his intention to seek a fourth term in office later in 2008
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As a delegate at the Summit he delivered the Keynote Speech on Climate Change versus Globalization
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (2007).
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2004· 1 entry
In the 2004 presidential election, Ólafur was re-elected with 85
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1997).
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1996· 4 entries
Election won: 1996 election.
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1996).
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Career landmark: President of Iceland (1996–2016).
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Campaign: 1996 election.
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1995–1996).
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Althing (1991–1996).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (Iceland) (1988–1991).
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1986· 1 entry
Received the Indira Gandhi Prize on behalf of the PGA
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1984· 1 entry
With three other left-wing intellectuals, he took part in a debate with economist Milton Friedman, who was in Iceland to give a lecture on the "tyranny of the status quo" at the University of Iceland
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1980· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1980–1984).
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1978· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Althing (1978–1983).
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1974· 1 entry
Who gave birth to twin daughters the following year, Guðrún Tinna, a graduate in business studies, and Svanhildur Dalla, a graduate both in political science and law
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1970· 1 entry
Then a Professor of Political Science at the same university in 1973
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1965· 1 entry
And a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in political science in 1970, thus becoming the first Icelander to earn a PhD in this field
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-05-14.
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