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Guðni Jóhannesson

Politician

Guðni Jóhannesson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Gudni Johannesson · Gudni Jóhannesson · Guðni Jóhannesson · Guðni Th. Jóhannesson · Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson · 17 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gudhni Thorlacius Johannesson · Gudni Th. Jóhannesson · Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson				[sources]
Birth date	1968-06-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Reykjavík				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iceland				[sources]
Citizenship	Iceland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Guðni				[sources]
Patronymic	Jóhannesson				[sources]
Website	gudnith.is				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q24045706				[sources]
Position	President of Iceland (2016-2024) · president-elect (2016-2016)				[sources]
Education	Queen Mary University of London · Reykjavík University · St Antony's College · University of Bonn · University of Iceland · 2 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-07	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Iceland (2016-2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-10-11

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Patrekur Jóhannesson Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Margrét Thorlacius Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Iceland	2016-08-01	2024-07-31

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Eliza Reid Politician	spouse	2004	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,388

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-c7c06d2a609db45079c9aa8bfb7f5b6179e48313 · us-cia-iceland-gudni-thorlacius-johannesson-president · us-cia-iceland-gudni-thorlacius-johannesson-pres

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