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Bjarni Benediktsson

Politician

Bjarni Benediktsson 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	Bjarni Benediktsson · Bjarni Benediktsson Jr. · Bjarni Benediktsson, Jr. · Б'ярні Бенедиктссон · Бьярни Бенедиктссон-младший · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Biarnius Benedicti filius · Bjarni Ben · Bjarni Benediktsson · Bjarni Benediktsson, Jr. · Б'ярні Бенедиктссон · 10 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1970-01-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Reykjavík				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iceland				[sources]
Country	Iceland				[sources]
Citizenship	Iceland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Bjarni				[sources]
Last name	Benediktsson				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q879376				[sources]
Position	Alþingi (member, 2003-2007) · Alþingi (member, 2007-2009) · Alþingi (member, 2009-2013) · Alþingi (member, 2013-2016) · Alþingi (member, 2016-2017) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Iceland · University of Miami				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Icelandic politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Þóra Margrét Baldvinsdóttir Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the 2007-2009 Parliament of Iceland	2007-05-12	2009-04-25

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,043

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,726

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-iceland-bjarni-benediktsson-min-of-finance-economic-affairs · us-cia-iceland-bjarni-benediktsson-minister-for-foreign-affairs-international-development-cooperation · us-cia-iceland-bjarni-benediktsson-minister-of-finance-economic-affairs · unprot-3f39f2fc95036b8c3583c520e9becdecddfc3632 · evpo-47528816-94cb-4779-aeaf-d30adea9c4a0 · is-par-9aedfda6f5bfac05f145e6b8095edf0af1b8b7de · unprot-9bb8ee37f8b8253b3d39620e714571c07c77aeaa · us-cia-iceland-bjarni-benediktsson-prime-minister

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