Jón Magnússon (politician)

Jón Magnússon (politician)

Infobox Prime Minister
name=Jón Magnússon


order=Prime Minister of Iceland
term_start =January 4 1917
term_end =March 17 1922
term_start2 =March 22 1924
term_end2 =June 23 1926
predecessor =Einar Arnórsson
successor =Sigurður Eggerz
predecessor3 =Sigurður Eggerz
successor3 =Magnús Guðmundsson
birth_date =birth date|1859|1|16|mf=y
birth_place =Múli, Aðaldalur, Iceland
death_date =death date|1926|7|23|mf=y (aged 67)
death_place =Nes, Norðfjörður, Iceland
party= Home Rule Party and Conservative Party
spouse = Þóra Jónsdóttir|

Jón Magnússon (January 16, 1859 – June 23, 1926) was an Icelandic politician, and was Prime Minister of Iceland on two occasions. He served his first term, as a member of the Home Rule Party ("Heimastjórnarflokkurinn"), from 4 January 1917 to 7 March 1922. He served his second term, as a member of the Conservative Party ("Íhaldsflokkurinn", a forerunner of the Independence Party), from 22 March 1924 to 23 June 1926.


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