Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

President of Iceland

14 May 1943 Ísafjörður, Kingdom of Iceland

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1 August 1996 – 1 August 2016

Icelandic politician This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ólafur. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Icelandic:  ( listen ) ; born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016. He was previously a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the People's Alliance and served as Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1991. Since the end of his presidency, Ólafur has been serving as Chairman of the Arctic Circle, a non-profit organization, and as Chairman of the International Renewable Energy Agency's Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation.