Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson

Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson (born 28 March 1977) is Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland and has also served as the CEO of Landvernd, the largest nature conservation and environmental NGO in Iceland, from 2011 to 2017.[1] He serves as Minister for the Environment outside the parliament unlike the rest of the cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir. In 2017 he became the first openly gay man to become an Icelandic Minister.[2]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðmundur.
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Assumed office
30 November 2017
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded byBjört Ólafsdóttir
Personal details
Born (1977-03-28) 28 March 1977
Brúarland, Iceland
Political partyLeft-Green Movement
EducationUniversity of Iceland (B.Sc)
Yale University (M.E.M.)

Education and Career

Guðmundur holds a BSc degree in biology from the University of Iceland and a master's degree in environmental science from Yale University.[3] He has worked with research in ecology and environmental studies at the University of Iceland and at The Soil Conservation Service of Iceland. He then worked at The Institute of Freshwater Fisheries in Hólar in Hjaltadalur.[4] Since 2006 he has been a part-time teacher at the University of Iceland, the Agricultural University of Iceland and the University Center of the Westfjords.[5] He has also worked as a ranger in Þingvellir National Park and Vatnajökull National Park.

He was one of the founders of The Icelandic Association of Environmentalist and was the first chairman from 2007 to 2010. In 2011 he became the CEO of Landvernd, an Icelandic environment association. He served as CEO of Landvernd for 6 years.[6]

References
  1. "Guðmundur Ingi ráðinn framkvæmdastjóri". Landvernd (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  2. "Skiptir miklu máli að vera fyrstur". Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  3. "Government Offices of Iceland | Government.is". www.government.is. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  4. www.nepal.is, Nepal hugbúnaður -. "Veiðimálastofnun". gamli.veidimal.is. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  5. "Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  6. "Iceland elects 41-year-old environmentalist as prime minister". Retrieved 2018-03-24.
Political offices
Preceded by
Björt Ólafsdóttir		 Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
2017– present		 Incumbent
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