Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson
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Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (born 22 August 1972) is an Icelandic politician from the Progressive Party. He is a member of the
Icelandic Parliament The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what lat ...
in the
Northeast Constituency Northeast () is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Northeastern const ...
. He was the first deputy of the Progressive Party in the Northeast Constituency after the
2017 Icelandic parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017, the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's fath ...
and served as a deputy several times, becoming the 9th MP for the constituency upon the death of
Þórunn Egilsdóttir Þórunn Egilsdóttir (; 23 November 1964 – 9 July 2021) was an Icelandic politician who was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Northeast Constituency from 2013 until her death, and she also served as chairman of the parli ...
on 9 July 2021. He was then elected to the Parliament in the 2021 election. He was re-elected in
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. In Parliament he is chairman of the Agriculture Committee. Þórarinn has been a
sheep farmer Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. It is a branch of animal husbandry. Sheep are raised principally for their meat (lamb and mutton), milk (sheep's milk), and fiber (wool). They also yield sheepskin an ...
since 1994, graduating as an agricultural engineer from Hólaskóli the same year. He was chairman of the National Sheep Farmers' Association 2012–2016.


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List of members of the Althing, 2021–2024 This is a list of the current 63 members of the Althing (Icelandic Parliament), from 2021 until 2024. Election results List of MPs For the parties having qualified with a national result above the 5% election threshold, the 9 leveling seats ...
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List of members of the Althing, 2024–2028 This is a list of members of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland, elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, parliamentary election held on 30 November 2024, and subsequent changes during the legislative term. Members R ...
{{Iceland-politician-stub Living people 1972 births Icelandic farmers Progressive Party (Iceland) politicians Members of the Althing 2021–2024 Members of the Althing 2024–2028