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Geir Haarde

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Geir Hilmar Haarde (born 8 April 1951) is an Icelandic politician, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland from 15 June 2006 to 1 February 2009 and as President of the Nordic Council in 1995. [1]

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ABC News

ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Aftenposten

Aftenposten (Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation.

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Althing

The Alþingi (parliament (Icelandic) and anglicised as Althingi or Althing) is the national parliament of Iceland.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Árni Mathiesen

Árni M. Mathiesen (born 2 October 1958 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician.

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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016.

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Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)

Bjarni Benediktsson (born 26 January 1970), known colloquially as Bjarni Ben, is an Icelandic politician, who served as Prime Minister from January 2017 to November 2017.

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Brandeis University

Brandeis University is an American private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, 9 miles (14 km) west of Boston.

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Central Bank of Iceland

The Central Bank of Iceland (Seðlabanki Íslands) is the central bank or reserve bank of Iceland.

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Church of Iceland

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (Hin evangelíska lúterska kirkja), also called the National Church (Þjóðkirkjan), is the officially established Christian church in Iceland.

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Coalition

The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc.

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Constitution of Iceland

The Constitution of Iceland (Icelandic: Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands "Constitution of the republic of Iceland") is the supreme law of Iceland.

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Davíð Oddsson

Davíð Oddsson (pronounced; born 17 January 1948) is an Icelandic politician, and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Iceland, in office from 1991 to 2004.

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Defense (legal)

In civil proceedings and criminal prosecutions under the common law, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) in an attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability.

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Esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach.

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Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson

Friðrik Sophusson (born 18 October 1943 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician and company director.

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Glitnir (bank)

Glitnir was an international Icelandic bank.

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Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson

Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (born 31 October 1955 in Hafnarfjörður) is an Icelandic politician, former Minister for social affairs from June to November 1994, and diplomat.

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Halldór Ásgrímsson

Halldór Ásgrímsson (pronounced; 8 September 1947 – 18 May 2015) was an Icelandic politician, who served as Prime Minister of Iceland from 2004 to 2006 and was leader of the Progressive Party from 1994 to 2006.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Iceland Review

Iceland Review is the oldest English-language magazine about Iceland, having originally been published in August, 1963.

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Icelandic parliamentary election, 2007

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 12 May 2007.

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Independence Party (Iceland)

The Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) is a liberal-conservative and Eurosceptic political party in Iceland.

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International relations

International relations (IR) or international affairs (IA) — commonly also referred to as international studies (IS) or global studies (GS) — is the study of interconnectedness of politics, economics and law on a global level.

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician and the former Prime Minister of Iceland.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Kaupthing Bank

Kaupthing Bank (Kaupþing banki) was a major international Icelandic bank, headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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Knud Enggaard

Knud Enggaard (born 4 June 1929 in Odder) is a Danish politician representing the centre-right Venstre party.

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Landsbanki

Landsbanki (literally "national bank"), also commonly known as Landsbankinn (literally "the national bank") which is now the name of the current rebuilt bank (here called "New Landsbanki"), was one of the largest Icelandic commercial banks that failed as part of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis when its subsidiary sparked the Icesave dispute.

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List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United States

Until 1874, Iceland was a dependency of Denmark rather than an independent nation.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Iceland)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

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Ministry of Finance (Iceland)

The Icelandic Ministry of Finance (Icelandic: Fjármálaráðuneytið) is responsible for overseeing the finances of the Icelandic government.

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National Court (Iceland)

The National Court is a special high court in Iceland established in 1905 to handle cases where members of the Cabinet are suspected of criminal behavior.

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Nordic Council

The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary co-operation among the Nordic countries.

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Norwegian News Agency

The Norwegian News Agency (Norsk Telegrambyrå; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets.

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Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy; and Nanjing, China.

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Per Olof Håkansson

Per Olof Håkansson (11 May 1941 in Trelleborg – 29 August 2000 in Trelleborg) was a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, who served as a member of the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, from 1974 to 1998.

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Political trial

A political trial is a criminal trial with political implications.

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Prime Minister of Iceland

The Prime Minister of Iceland (Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Iceland's head of government.

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Progressive Party (Iceland)

The Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn, FSF) is a centre-right, populist and agrarian political party in Iceland.

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Rogaland

Rogaland is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder, and Vest-Agder counties.

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Social Democratic Alliance

The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin jafnaðarmannaflokkur Íslands, literally The Alliance - Iceland's Social Democratic Party) is a social-democratic political party in Iceland.

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Tribunal

A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (born 23 March 1950) is an Icelandic politician.

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2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis

The Icelandic financial crisis was a major economic and political event in Iceland that involved the default of all three of the country's major privately owned commercial banks in late 2008, following their difficulties in refinancing their short-term debt and a run on deposits in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests

The 2009–2011 Icelandic financial crisis protests, also referred to as the Kitchenware/Kitchen Implement or Pots and Pans Revolution (Icelandic: Búsáhaldabyltingin), occurred in the wake of the Icelandic financial crisis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Haarde

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