Guðni Bragson
Iceland Ambassador to India
Assumed office
April 2022
PresidentGuðni Th. Jóhannesson
Preceded byGuðmundur Árni Stefánsson

Iceland's first ambassador to India was Pétur Thorsteinsson in 1976. Iceland's present ambassador to India is Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, who presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind on 20 September 2018.[1] While Iceland has an acreditted ambassador since 1976, the Embassy of Iceland was formally opened only on 26 February 2006. Aside from India, the Embassy's area of jurisdiction includes Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.[2]

List of ambassadors

# Name Appointment Termination of mission
1 Pétur Thorsteinsson 20 November 1976 9 February 1984
2 Sigurður Bjarnason 9 February 1984 31 December 1985
3 Hannes Jónsson 6 October 1987 31 October 1989
4 Benedikt Ásgeirsson 5 February 1997 11 February 2000
5 Þorsteinn Pálsson 11 February 2000 23 February 2004
6 Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson 23 February 2004 5 April 2006
7 Sturla Sigurjónsson 5 April 2006 18 January 2007
8 Gunnar Pálsson 18 January 2007 11 November 2009
9 Guðmundur Eiríksson 11 November 2009 September 2018
10 Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson September 2018 April 2020
11 Guðni Bragson April 2020 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Ambassador of Iceland presents credentials to President". Government of Iceland website. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Embassy Information New Delhi". Government of Iceland website. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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