predecessor successor children birth_place party office primeminister birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
'' office created '' guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson hanna birna kristjánsdóttir Álfheiður ingadóttir three -rrb- children -lrb- b. 1974 , 1979 , 1981 reykjavík , iceland left-green movement minister of health jóhanna sigurðardóttir jóhanna sigurðardóttir 17 july 1948 minister of the interior 1 january 2011 1 february 2009 valgerður andrésdóttir Ögmundur jónasson
 2013 30 september 2009 Ögmundur jónasson university of edinburgh
Ögmundur jónasson

Ögmundur jónasson -lrb- born 17 july 1948 -rrb- is an icelandic politician who has served as the member of althingi , the icelandic parliament since 1995 .
he is currently the chairman of the parliament 's constitutional and supervisory committee and is a representative to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe .
he is the former minister of the interior -lrb- 2011-2013 -rrb- ; minister of justice and human rights and minister of transport , communications and local government -lrb- 2010-2011 -rrb- ; and minister of health and social security -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .
apart from his political career , Ögmundur jónasson has been a journalist and a trade union leader .
he has been active in various grass-root activities , a prolific commentator and public speaker .
he graduated from the university of edinburgh with degrees in history and political science and was for a number of years a part-time lecturer at the university of iceland .
when he entered parliament , he first represented the people 's alliance and non-aligned and later the left-green movement .
he was a radio broadcaster and tv reporter at rÚv , the icelandic public broadcasting service -lrb- 1978-1988 -rrb- and the chairman of bsrb , the confederation of state and municipal employees of iceland -lrb- 1988-2009 -rrb- .
he has served on several international trade union boards , such as the european trade union confederation -lrb- etuc -rrb- , the european federation of public service unions -lrb- epsu -rrb- , public services international -lrb- psi -rrb- , the council of nordic trade unions -lrb- nfs -rrb- and the council of nordic municipal employees -lrb- ntr -rrb- .
Ögmundur jónasson became iceland 's minister of health in february 2009 , but resigned at the end of september in connection with the icesave dispute .
he returned to the government in september 2010 and from january 2011 he headed the newly created ministry of the interior and stayed as minister until a new government came to power in 2013 .
Ögmundur jónasson has been outspoken on foreign policy issues .
he is critical of iceland 's nato membership and a strong supporter of human rights and national minority rights .
he has gained international attention in connection with three issues .
first , he proposed measures designed to protect children from the harms of violent pornography as part of his broader support for human rights and women 's rights .
it was a step criticized by some free speech activists , but welcomed by human rights advocates and feminists .
second , his decision in 2011 to reject a plan by a chinese business tycoon , mr. huang nubo , to purchase a huge tract of land in the north east of iceland attracted much geopolitical and media attention .
it raised suspicions that the plan was part of chinese efforts to gain a strategic foothold in iceland .
third , Ögmundur jónasson refused all cooperation with fbi agents who had come to iceland in 2011 -- on the pretext of investigating an impending hacking attack on icelandic government computers -- and directed them to leave the country because he believed that they were , in fact , engaged in a broader swoop to gather intelligence on wikileaks and in trying to frame its founder julian assange .
