Jón Sigurðsson (politician, born 1946)


Jón Sigurðsson is 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. Prior to that, he had been governor of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2003 to 2006.