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Geir Haarde
Geir Haarde
Finance Minister, Iceland
Geir H. Haarde is the Minister of Finance in Iceland and the Vice-Chairman of the Independence Party, Iceland's largest political party. He became Minister in April 1998, but has been a Member of the Icelandic Parliament since 1987, serving i.a. as Parliamentary Group Chairman and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Before Mr. Haarde was elected to Parliament he had worked, among other things, as a Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance, and as an Economist at the Central Bank of Iceland. Mr. Haarde is a former President of the Nordic Council and Vice President of the Inter-Parliamentary Council.
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