Þorsteinn Pálsson
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Prior to his period as Prime Minister, Þorsteinn was Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1987.[2] He represented Southern Iceland in the Althing (Iceland's Parliament) from 1983 to 1999. When Davíð Oddsson formed his first government in 1991 he appointed Þorsteinn as minister of Fisheries and Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. He remained in this position until 1999. Later he became ambassador, first in London and later in Copenhagen. He was editor of the newspaper Fréttablaðið between 2006 and 2009.
In 2016, Þorsteinn left the Independence Party and joined the newly formed Reform party, a more moderate right wing party.[3]
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