Árni Páll Árnason
Leader of the Social Democratic Alliance
In office
26 February 2013 – 3 June 2016
Preceded byJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Succeeded byOddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
2 September 2010 – 31 December 2011
Prime MinisterJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded byGylfi Magnússon
Succeeded bySteingrímur Sigfússon
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
10 May 2009 – 2 September 2010
Prime MinisterJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded byÁsta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir
Succeeded byGuðbjartur Hannesson
Personal details
Born (1966-05-23) 23 May 1966
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partySocial Democratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Iceland
College of Europe

Árni Páll Árnason (born 23 May 1966) is a member of the College of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, responsible for Free movement of goods, Competition, Public undertakings and Monopolies, Energy, Environment, Transport, Public procurement. He took up his duties on 1 January 2022.[1]

Árni Páll Árnason is a former Icelandic politician, who served in the government of Iceland as Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security from 10 May 2009 to 2 September 2010, and as Minister of Economic Affairs from 2 September 2010 to 31 December 2011. He served as a Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party from 2007 - 2016. He was elected party leader in February 2013 in a ballot of all party members with 62,2% of the votes cast, and served as leader until June 2016.

He was commissioned in June 2017 by the Nordic Council of Ministers to undertake a strategic review of the Nordic Welfare Model.[2] He delivered a final report to the Swedish Social Minister, Annika Strandhäll, on 16 October 2018,[3] named Knowledge that works in practice - strengthening Nordic co-operation in the social field.

Árni Páll Árnason served as Deputy Director of the Financial Mechanism Office for the EEA and Norway Grants in Brussels from 2018 to 2021.

Born in Reykjavik, he received a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1991 and did postgraduate studies in European law at the College of Europe, from 1991 to 1992 (Mozart Promotion). He became an attorney at law in 1997.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "EEA EFTA States appoint new College and President for the EFTA Surveillance Authority".
  2. ↑ "The welfare model of the future". Nordic cooperation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "The social area needs knowledge that works in practice". Nordic cooperation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Árni Páll Árnason". Alþingi.is. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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