Jón Sigurðsson (politician, born 1946)

Jón Sigurðsson (23 August 1946 – 10 September 2021) was an Icelandic politician.

He was brought in as Minister of Industry and Commerce for the Progressive Party when Halldór Ásgrímsson abandoned politics.

He was later elected party chairman from 2006 to 2007 but resigned after he failed to win a seat in the Althing (Iceland's parliament).

[1] Jón was born in Kollafjörður, Iceland, to Sigurður Ellert Ólason, a lawyer, and Unnur Kolbeinsdóttir, a teacher.

Jón studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, where he graduated in 1966.