Karl Gauti Hjaltason is an Icelandic politician who was a member of

Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ...

from 2017 to 2021. Formerly, he was a part of People's Party of Iceland.

Life and career

Hjaltason was born in 1959 in Reykjavík, Iceland. He earned a degree in management from

Endurmenntun Háskóla Íslands Endurmenntun Háskóla Íslands or EHÍ is a continuing education centre operated by the University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest ...

. Between 1985 and 1998, Hjaltason was the chairman of the Icelandic Karate Association. In 2012, he founded Vestmannaeyjar Astronomical Society where he served as a chairman until 2014.

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