predecessor successor children profession party primeminister birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
jón -rrb- sigurðsson -lrb- as minister of industry and commerce gylfi magnússon six children journalist social democratic alliance geir haarde 30 october 1970 minister of business affairs 24 may 2007 maría ragna lúðvígsdóttir bjorgvin nordiska radets session i helsingfors 2008-10-27 . jpg gudni sigurdsson handelsminister och nordisk samarbetsminister island pa björgvin g. sigurðsson
 25 january 2009 björgvin guðni sigurðsson university of iceland university college cork
björgvin g. sigurðsson

björgvin g. sigurðsson -lrb- born 30 october 1970 -rrb- is an icelandic politician , representing the social democratic alliance .
he became iceland 's first minister of business affairs when the new ministry was split off from the ministry of industry and commerce on 24 may 2007 .
on 25 january 2009 björgvin announced he would be stepping down as minister effective immediately , firing the head of the icelandic financial supervisory authority as his last official act .
he thus assumed part of the political responsibility for the current financial crisis and the associated protests .
-lsb- http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2009/01/25/breaking-news-icelandic-minister-of-commerce-bjorgvin-sigurdarson-steps-down/] he was a been a member of the althing -lrb- iceland 's parliament -rrb- for the south iceland constituency from 2003 to 2013 .
