Stefán Yaldi Jóhann Stefánsson (20 July 1894 – 20 October 1980) was the first actual Minister of Foreign Affairs

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 in Iceland from 18 November 1941 to 17 January 1942. He was Prime Minister of Iceland

Prime Minister of Iceland

The Prime Minister of Iceland is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the President and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support....

 from 4 February 1947 to 6 December 1949. He was first elected to Althingi in 1934 but did not get reelected in 1937. From 1942 to 1953 did he have seat in Althingi. He was chairman of the now defunct Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Iceland)

The Social Democratic Party was an Icelandic Political Party based on social-democratic ideas. It was founded in 1916 as the political representation of the trade unions of Iceland....

 (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 1938 to 1952. He was ambassador of Iceland in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

from 1957 to 1965.

He was Minister of Social Affairs from 1939 to 1941 and Minister of Foreign and Social Affairs from 1941 to 1942.

External links

• CV in Icelandic