Hannibal Gísli Valdimarsson (13 January 1903 – 1 September 1991) was an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic politician.

Parliament

He was a member of parliament from 1946 to 1959 for the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

and

People's Alliance People's Alliance may refer to: * People's Alliance ( ''Volksunie''), Belgian political party which split in 2001 into the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie and Spirit * People's Alliance (Bulgaria), a Bulgarian party from 1921 to 1923 * People's Alliance ( ...

and then from 1963 to 1974 for the

, as an independent and also the

Union of Liberals and Leftists The Union of Liberals and Leftists () was a social-liberal political party in Iceland. History The party was established in 1969 by dissidents from the People's Alliance who had formerly been members of the National Preservation Party.Vincent ...

(). He was chairman of the

1952–1954, president of Icelandic Labor Unions 1954–1971, as well as the chairman of the Electoral Alliance

People's Alliance (Iceland) The People's Alliance () was an electoral alliance in Iceland from 1956 to 1968 and a socialist political party from 1968 to 1998. History In 1916, the Social Democratic Party (''Alþýðuflokkurinn'') was formed in Iceland. In 1930 the party ...

from 1956 to 1968. Finally he was chairman of Union of Liberals and Leftists from 1969 to 1974. He served as Social and Health Minister 1956–1958 and as Communication and Social minister 1971–1973.

Family

He was the father of

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (born 21 February 1939) is an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Finance from 1987 to 1988 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1995. He is known in the Baltics as, at his initiative, Icela ...

, who served as the foreign minister of Iceland, and

Arnór Hannibalsson Arnór Hannibalsson (1934 – 28 December 2012) was an Icelandic philosopher, historian, and translator. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. He completed a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Moscow a ...

, a philosopher.

External links

Non auto-biography of Hannibal Gísli Valdimarsson on the parliament website
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