Ambassadör
Ambassadör
Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Hannes Heimisson

Born 25 March 1960, in Reykjavík.
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2006 |
Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Lithuania (23.03.2006). |
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2006 |
Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Latvia (14.03.2006). |
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2006 |
Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Estonia (26.01.2006). |
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2005 |
Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador of Iceland to Finland (24.11.2005). |
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1.1.2005 |
Appointed Ambassador of Iceland to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Ukraine, with residence in Helsinki. |
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2003 – 2005 |
Consul General, New York. |
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1999 - 2003 |
Director, Department of Information, Cultural Affairs and Consular Liaison, Ministry for Foreign Affairs. |
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1997 – 1999 |
Chargé d´Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Iceland, Helsinki. The first Icelandic diplomat with a permanent residence in Helsinki. |
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1997 |
Minister-Counsellor. |
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1996 – 1997 |
Counsellor, Political Department. Responsible for Nordic co-operation and Council of the Baltic Sea States. |
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1995 – 1996 |
Deputy Director, Defense Department. |
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1995 |
Counsellor. |
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1992 – 1995 |
First Secretary, Embassy of Iceland, Stockholm. |
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1988 – 1992 |
First Secretary, Embassy of Iceland, Paris. |
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1987 - 1988 |
First Secretary, Department of Administration. |
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1986 – 1987 |
First Secretary, Defense Department. |
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1986 |
Appointed First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs. |
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1984 – 1986 |
Journalist at the Dagbladid-Visir newspaper. |
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1984 |
BA in International Relations from the United States International University, San Diego, California, USA. |
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1981 |
Reykjavík Junior College. |
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1979 – 1980 |
Exchange Student in Mexico. |
Married, (1986), to Guđrún Margrét Sólonsdóttir, born 20 April 1962. Four children, Heimir, b.28 June 1988, Jóna Vestfjörđ, b. 7 November 1991, Sólon Björn, b. 4 April 2001 and Erla Sólveig, b. 13 March 2003.
Good knowledge of English and Swedish. Some knowledge of French and Spanish.


