Steingrímur J. Sigfússon became Minister of Finance, Fisheries and Agriculture for Iceland on 1 February 2009.
He was born on 4 August 1955 and has been Chairman of the Left-Green Movement since 1999.
Parliamentary career
• Member of Althingi for the North Eastern Constituency 1983-2003 and for the Northeast Constituency since 2003.
Party group
• Chairman of the Parliamentary group of the People's Alliance 1987–1988.
Present committees
• Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs since 1999.
• Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2007.
• Member of the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men since 2008 (Chairman since 2008).
Earlier committees
• Member of the Committee on Social Affairs 1999-2003.
• Member of the Committee on Economy and Trade 1991–1999.
• Member of the Committee on Fisheries 1991-1998 (Chairman 1995–1998).
• Member of the Althingi Special Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2004-2005.
• Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council 1996-2005 and 2006-2007.
• Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the West Nordic Council 1991–1995.
Ministerial career
• Minister of Finance since 2009.
• Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture since 2009.
• Minister of Agriculture and Communications 1988–1991.
