Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þórarinn.
Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson
Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson in 2021
Member of the Althing
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
ConstituencyNortheast
Personal details
Born (1972-08-22) 22 August 1972 (age 52)
Political partyProgressive Party
SpouseHolmfridur Bjornsdottir
Children3

Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (born 22 August 1972) is an Icelandic politician from the Progressive Party.[1] He is a member of the Icelandic Parliament in the Northeast Constituency. He was the first deputy of the Progressive Party in the Northeast Constituency after the 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election and served as a deputy several times, becoming the 9th MP for the constituency upon the death of Þórunn Egilsdóttir on 9 July 2021. He was then elected to the Parliament in the 2021 election. He was re-elected in 2024.[2]

In Parliament he is chairman of the Agriculture Committee.[3]

Þórarinn has been a sheep farmer since 1994, graduating as an agricultural engineer from Hólaskóli the same year. He was chairman of the National Sheep Farmers' Association 2012–2016.

References

  1. ^ "Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  2. ^ "Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson - Kosningaprófið 2024". Heimildin. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  3. ^ "Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson given two weeks to respond to ethics complaint in Iceland". Daily Northern. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-12-29.

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