Hannes Hafstein

Tags: Prime Minister.

Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein (4 December 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an Icelandic politician and poet. In 1904 he became the first Icelander to be appointed to the Danish Cabinet as the Minister for Iceland in the Cabinet of Deuntzer and was – unlike the previous Minister for Iceland Peter Adler Alberti – responsible to the Icelandic Althing.He was born on the farm Möðruvellir in Hörgárdalur valley.

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active years end date

1909-03-31, 1914-07-21

active years start date

1904-02-01, 1912-07-25

birth date

1861-12-04

birth place

Iceland, Hörgárdalur

death date

1922-12-13

death place

Iceland, Reykjavík

order in office

Minister for Iceland

party

Home Rule Party (Iceland), Union Party (Iceland)

successor

Björn Jónsson, Sigurður Eggerz