- List of mayors of Reykjavík
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The post of Mayor of Reykjavík was incepted in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Páll Einarsson and Knud Zimsen applied for the job and Páll got the position for a period of six years, at the end of which he did not wish to renew his tenure.
Over the period of 2003-2008, seven people have had the mayor position, due to an unprecedented amount of instability in Reykjavík's municipal coalition government.
Mayors of Reykjavík
Name Date of birth Date of death Office Entered Office Left Party Páll Einarsson 25 May 1868 17 December 1954 1908 1914 Knud Zimsen 17 August 1875 15 April 1953 1914 1932 Jón Þorláksson 3 March 1877 20 March 1935 30 December 1932 20 March 1935 Independence Party Pétur Halldórsson 26 April 1887 26 November 1940 20 March 1935 1940 Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson 30 April 1908 10 July 1970 1940 10 February 1947 Independence Party Gunnar Thoroddsen 29 December 1910 27 September 1983 10 February 1947 19 November 1959 Independence Party Geir Hallgrímsson
(co-mayor with Auður Auðuns)16 December 1925 1 September 1990 19 November 1959 6 October 1960 Independence Party Auður Auðuns
(co-mayor with Geir Hallgrímsson)18 February 1911 19 October 1999 Independence Party Geir Hallgrímsson 16 December 1925 1 September 1990 6 October 1960 1 December 1972 Independence Party Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson 19 July 1936 1 December 1972 May 1978 Independence Party Egill Skúli Ingibergsson 1926 May 1978 27 May 1982 Independent Davíð Oddsson 17 January 1948 27 May 1982 16 July 1991 Independence Party Markús Örn Antonsson 25 May 1943 16 July 1991 17 March 1994 Independence Party Árni Sigfússon 30 July 1956 17 March 1994 13 June 1994 Independence Party Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir 31 December 1954 13 June 1994 1 February 2003 The Reykjavík Alliance Þórólfur Árnason 1 February 2003 30 November 2004 Independent Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir 7 April 1965 30 November 2004 13 June 2006 Social Democratic Alliance Vilhjálmur Þ. Vilhjálmsson 26 April 1946 13 June 2006 16 October 2007 Independence Party Dagur B. Eggertsson 19 June 1972 16 October 2007 24 January 2008 Social Democratic Party Ólafur F. Magnússon 3 August 1952 24 January 2008 21 August 2008 Liberal Party Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir 12 October 1966 21 August 2008 15 June 2010 Independence Party Jón Gnarr 2 January 1967 15 June 2010 Best Party References
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