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Jón Bjarnason

Politician

Jón Bjarnason 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	Jón Bjarnason · يون بيارناسون				[sources]
Other name	Jon Bjarnason				[sources]
Birth date	1943-12-26				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iceland				[sources]
Country	Iceland				[sources]
Citizenship	Iceland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jón				[sources]
Last name	Bjarnason				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q463598				[sources]
Position	Alþingi (member, 2003-2007) · Alþingi (member, 2007-2009) · Alþingi (member, 2009-2013) · Member of the 2007-2009 Parliament of Iceland (2007-2009) · Member of the 2009-2013 Parliament of Iceland (2009-2013) · 2 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Icelandic politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Alþingi	2013-01-24	2013-03-27
Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture (Iceland)

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Asgeir Jonsson Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,493

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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