2008 Icelandic presidential election

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Candidate Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Popular vote Unopposed

President before election Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Elected President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

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Presidential elections were planned to be held in Iceland on 28 June 2008.^[1]

The incumbent president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, first elected in 1996, stated in his New Year's speech that he would contest the election for a fourth term.^[2]

Ástþór Magnússon, who ran unsuccessfully in 1996 and 2004, ruled out running for the presidency.^[3]

No challenger to the incumbent president filed by the deadline to declare a candidacy on 24 May 2008,^[4] and so Ólafur Ragnar's fourth term was won uncontested.^[5]

Ólafur Ragnar was sworn in on 1 August 2008.^[6]

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