Davíð Oddsson

Davíð Oddsson (Reykjavik, Iceland, January 17, 1948) is an Icelandic politician. He was the Mayor of Reykjavik and the Prime Minister of Iceland until September 15, 2004.

Trajectory

He graduated from Reykjavik College in 1970. In 1976, he earned a law degree from the University of Iceland.

His posts prior to becoming prime minister were administrative head of the Reykjavik Theater for the period 1970-1972, parliamentary journalist for the newspaper Morgunblaðið 1973-1974, employee of the Almenna publishing company bókafélagið between 1975 and 1976, administrator of the Reykjavík Health Insurance Fund between 1976 and 1978, president of the Executive Committee of the Reykjavík Festival of Fine Arts between 1976 and 1978, managing director of the Reykjavík Health Insurance Fund between 1978 and 1982, mayor of Reykjavík between 1982 and 1991 and member of Parliament since April of that year. He has been the Prime Minister of Iceland since April 1991.

He has been a member of the Reykjavik Municipality since 1974. Member of the Executive Committee of the Reykjavik Municipality since 1980 and President since 1982.

He was also related to the media, in this way he was co-producer of radio programs for the State Television Service from 1968 to 1975. He was also co-author of two theatrical dramas, For the benefit of my country (at the National Theater from 1974 to 1975) and Icelandic Conspiracies (at the Reykjavík Theater from 1975 to 1976). He was the author of four dramas for television, the essay The Independence Movement (1981), and translator of the book Estonia - a Small Nation Under the Yoke of Foreign Power written by Anders Küng in 1973. He wrote the novel A couple of days without Gudný, which he published in 1997.

Other positions were on the Board of Directors of the Youth Federation of the Independence Party from 1973 to 1975; in the Executive Committee of the Independence Party since 1979; Vice President of the Independence Party from 1989 to 1991, and President from 1991 to 2005.

He is married to Ástríður Thorarensen, a graduate nurse from the University of Iceland. The couple have a son, Þorsteinn Davíðsson, born November 12, 1971 who is a lawyer graduated from the University of Iceland.