POLITICIAN

Jóhann Hafstein

1915 - 1980

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Jóhann Hafstein (19 September 1915 – 15 May 1980) was elected to the Althingi for Reykjavík in 1946, which he represented until 1978, when he resigned due to ill health. Jóhann served as prime minister of Iceland from 10 July 1970 to 14 July 1971, for the Independence Party, following the tragic death of prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson. Hafstein also become the chairman for the Independence Party immediately. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jóhann Hafstein has received more than 19,138 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jóhann Hafstein is the 15,026th most popular politician (down from 14,292nd in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 66th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jóhann Hafstein ranks 15,026 out of 19,576Before him are Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Dimitar Kovačevski, Eanred of Northumbria, Fruto Chamorro, Norbert Blüm, and Lambert Simnel. After him are Saskia Esken, José Tomás Ovalle, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Ji Pengfei, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Charles-Mathias Simons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Jóhann Hafstein ranks 214Before him are Josef Zeman, Gary Merrill, Pavel Kadochnikov, Ismat Chughtai, Argemiro, and Felix Kaspar. After him are Alice Faye, Lester del Rey, Alvin M. Weinberg, Barnard Hughes, Ewan MacColl, and Lars Ahlin. Among people deceased in 1980, Jóhann Hafstein ranks 235Before him are Marin Preda, Luis Muñoz Marín, Joseph Banks Rhine, Carl Ebert, Clyfford Still, and James Smith McDonnell. After him are Alexander Nesmeyanov, Fumio Gotō, Strother Martin, Barbara Loden, José Muguerza, and Enrique Hertzog.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jóhann Hafstein ranks 67 out of 190Before him are Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), and Bjarni Benediktsson (1970). After him are Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), and Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867).

Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Jóhann Hafstein ranks 22Before him are Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), and Bjarni Benediktsson (1970). After him are Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Jón Magnússon (1859), and Jón Þorláksson (1877).