Jón Helgason (minister)

Jón Helgason (4 October 1931 – 2 April 2019) was an Icelandic politician and former government minister. He was a member of Alþingi from 1974 to 1995, and the speaker from 1979 to 1983.[1]. Jón served as the Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1983 to 1987 and the Minister of Agriculture from 1987 to 1988.[2]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón.

Personal life

Jón was married to Guðrún Þorkelsdóttur in 1961 and together they had two children and one foster child.[3]

gollark: It would need a lot of computing power, but you can just rent some from the cloud™ or "borrow" an arbitrarily powerful computer from some mathematicians.
gollark: Solution: simulate an exact copy of the earth and everyone on it, then tweak it so the styropyro discord somehow governs everything.
gollark: Which would, for sure, be better than having to compromise standard of living a lot.
gollark: I expect the only way climate change will ever end up solved is if someone comes up with geoengineering solutions which don't require much lifestyle change.
gollark: "government weather control satellites operated by lizard people living on Mars"

References
  1. "Þingmenn". Alþingi.
  2. Dagný Hulda Erlendsdóttir (5 April 2019). "Jón Helgason er látinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "Andlát: Jón Helgason". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.


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