Jón Bjarnason

For the Lutheran minister, see Jón Bjarnason (minister).

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón.

Jón Bjarnason
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
In office 10 May 2009 – 31 December 2011
Prime Minister	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded by	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Succeeded by	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Personal details
Born	(1943-12-26) 26 December 1943 (age 80)
Political party	Left-Green Mvt. (until 2013) Rainbow (2013–)

Jón Bjarnason (born 26 December 1943) is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 1999 to 2013. An agronomist by training, he served as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the years 2009–2011.

He is a former member of the Left-Green Movement. In 2013 he was a co-founder of Rainbow, a new eurosceptic political party. He did not get reelected in the 2013 parliamentary election.

External links

• Althing biography