Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson | |
Office1: | Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture |
Term Start1: | 7 April 2016 |
Term End1: | 11 January 2017 |
Primeminister1: | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
Predecessor1: | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
Successor1: | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir |
Office2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start2: | 23 May 2013 |
Term End2: | 7 April 2016 |
Primeminister2: | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson |
Predecessor2: | Össur Skarphéðinsson |
Successor2: | Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1968 |
Birth Place: | Sauðárkrókur, Iceland |
Party: | Progressive Party (until 2017) Centre Party |
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (born 9 June 1968) is an Icelandic politician for the Centre Party.
He is a member of the Althingi (Iceland's parliament) for the Centre Party for the Northwest of Iceland constituency since 2017. He was the Chairman of the Progressive Party 2009–2013.[1] On 23 May 2013, Gunnar Bragi was appointed the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2017, he joined the Centre Party formed by his close friend Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and ran for party in the 2017 elections.[2] He is currently Chairman of the Center Party parliamentary group.