Ragnar Arnalds

Ragnar Arnalds (born 8 July 1938) is an Icelandic former MP and twice cabinet minister. He studied literature and philosophy in Sweden from 1959 to 1961 and graduated with a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1968. He was editor of Frjáls þjóð in 1960.

Arnalds served as a Minister of Education and Transportation from 1978 to 1979 and Minister of Finance from 1980 to 1983. He was chairman of the People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið) from 1968 to 1977. He also served as chairman of Heimssýn, the Icelandic organisation opposed to membership of the European Union, from 2002 to 2009.

At present Arnalds serves as a member of the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland. He is a member of the Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð).

Arnalds is also the author of several plays.

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Second cabinet of Ólafur Jóhannesson

Ministers	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal Hjörleifur Guttormsson Kjartan Jóhannsson Magnús Helgi Magnússon Ólafur Jóhannesson Ragnar Arnalds Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Tómas Árnason

Cabinet of Gunnar Thoroddsen

Ministers	Gunnar Thoroddsen Friðjón Þórðarson Hjörleifur Guttormsson Ingvar Gíslason Ólafur Jóhannesson Pálmi Jónsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Ragnar Arnalds Tómas Árnason

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 264870444 ISNI: 0000 0001 0961 6256 GND: 143262262 SUDOC: 052610268 BNF: cb13568436q (data)

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