# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjarni-benediktsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:31.231Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjarni-benediktsson"
name: "Bjarni Benediktsson"
slug: "bjarni-benediktsson"
description: "Bjarni Benediktsson, known colloquially as Bjarni Ben, is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from January to November 2017 and again from April to December 2024. He was the leader of the Icelandic Independence Party from 2009 to 2025, and served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 to 2017, a post he later retained under Katrín Jakobsdóttir and held until his resignation in October 2023. After serving briefly as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2023 to 2024, Bjarni became prime minister again on 9 April 2024."
tagline: "Icelandic politician"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1970-01-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump