Geir Hilmar Haarde
Former Prime Minister of Iceland
- Country
- Iceland
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Joined
- Announced 17 February 2025
Biography
Geir Haarde is the first minister in Icelandic political history to have held all three principal ministerial offices: Minister of Finance (1998–2005), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2006) and Prime Minister (2006–2009).
He has served as Ambassador of Iceland to the United States and to several Latin American countries, and from 2019 to 2021 as a chief representative at the World Bank Group. He was taken to court on the charge of not having done enough to prevent the 2008 financial crisis.
He has been recognised for his work on renewable and sustainable energy projects, and in 2008 Newsweek named him the greenest political leader.
He joined United World Leaders as an Honorary Board member in February 2025.
From the Institution’s announcement of 17 February 2025. The original release (PDF)
