Ruler · 1894 – 1972

Ásgeir Ásgeirsson

Lived 1894 – 1972; politician. President of Iceland (Iceland), 1952 – 1968.

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Lived: 1894 – 1972; 78 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Iceland
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Iceland

Iceland · the 2nd of 7 dated reigns · 1944 – 2024

Sveinn Björnsson1944 – 1952

Ásgeir Ásgeirsson1952 – 1968

Kristján Eldjárn1968 – 1980

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir1980 – 1996

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson1996 – 2016

2 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1952 – 1968 · 16 years · came to it aged 58

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1968; they died in 1972

He left the Progressive Party in 1934, but stood for election as an independent for a while until he joined the Social Democratic Party, and remained in the Althing until he was elected president in 1952.

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