Gylfi Magnússon

Gylfi Magnússon (born. 1966) is an Icelandic economist, an associate professor at University of Iceland and former chair of the Icelandic Competition Authority (Samkeppniseftirlitið). He was Minister for Economic Affairs in the coalition government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir.[1][2] He served as Minister of Business Affairs from 1 February 2009 until 1 October the same year and then served as Minister of Economic Affairs until 2 September 2010.

Gylfi Magnússon
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 1 February 2009 – 2 September 2010
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Björgvin G. Sigurðsson
Succeeded by	Árni Páll Árnason
Personal details
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Hrafnhildur Stefánsdóttir
Children	Three daughters (b. 1998, 2007 (twins)), two sons (b. 2001, 2003)
Alma mater	University of Iceland Yale University
Profession	Economist

Gylfi graduated from the University of Iceland in 1990, and received his doctorate from Yale in 1997. While at Yale, he was a core member of the champion intramural soccer team, The Handsome Lads. When he received his doctorate, he was already a researcher at the Institute of Economic Studies of the University of Iceland: he joined the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration as an adjunct professor in 1997, and was promoted to associate professor in 1998. He served as Head of the Department of Business Administration from 2000 to 2004, and as Dean of Faculty from 2004 to 2007.

References

1. Economist to Become Iceland’s Minister of Business, Iceland Review, 30 January 2009, archived from the original on 7 February 2009, retrieved 31 January 2009
2. Two non-MPs predicted for new Icelandic government, IceNews, 30 January 2009, archived from the original on 1 February 2009

External links

• Homepage at the University of Iceland
• Gylfi Magnússon photographed at the protests in Reykjavik, 18 January 2009
• Biography at the homepage of the Ministry of Economic Affairs