Benedikt Jónsson
Benedikt Jónsson (born 25 November 1954, in Reykjavík[1]) is the current Consul General of Iceland to the Faroe Islands. He has previously served as Icelandic ambassador to Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (2001-2006), the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Portugal (2009-2014), Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey (2014-2019) [2][3] and also Permanent Secretary of State.[1][3] He became first secretary in the foreign ministry in 1983 and subsequently served in the Icelandic embassy in Paris, as Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, as Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, as chief negotiator for EFTA with Mexico and Chile and as Chairman of the WTO Committee on Least Developed Countries.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ambassador Benedikt Jónsson", curriculum vitæ, Foreign Ministry of Iceland (pdf), retrieved 6 February 2015 (in Icelandic)
- ^ "Jonsson, H.E. Benedikt", International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who, ed. Jennifer Dilworth and Megan Stuart-Jones, Brill Online, updated December 2014.
- ^ a b List of Icelandic representatives, Foreign Ministry of Iceland, retrieved 6 February 2015 (in Icelandic)
- Living people
- Icelandic diplomats
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Armenia
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Azerbaijan
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Belarus
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Kazakhstan
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Kyrgyzstan
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Turkmenistan
- Ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Portugal
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Uzbekistan
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Tajikistan
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Georgia (country)
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Ireland
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Russia
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Moldova
- Ambassadors of Iceland to Malta
- 1954 births