Árni Sigfússon

Árni Sigfússon (born 30 July 1956) is the former mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland's capital and of Reykjanesbær (2002 - June 2014).

After his appointment he managed to lead the party to over 47% in the 1994 elections.

He then later became the chairman of SUS, the youth organisation of the Independence Party.

His focus in local government on raising standards of primary education and on new high tech and well paid jobs, has been recognised in Iceland.

Before taking on the position as Mayor of Reykjanesbær he was the chief executive of the Icelandic Management Association (Stjórnunarfélagið) and the CEO of the IT company Tæknival.