Permanent Representative of Iceland to NATO
Mr. Thorsteinn Ingólfsson,
Ambassador
Born 9 December 1944 in Reykjavik
| Education | |
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1971 |
Candidatus Juris, University of Iceland |
| Diplomatic carreer: | |
| 1971-1973 | First Secretary (International and Political Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Iceland |
| 1973-1978 | First Secretary and Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Iceland, Washington, D.C. |
| 1978-1985 | Chief of Division (Administration), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland |
| 1981 | Appointed Minister-Counsellor |
| 1985 | Deputy-Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Geneva |
| 1987 | Appointed Ambassador |
| 1987 | Acting Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Geneva (EFTA, GATT and UN Organizations) |
| 1987-1990 | Director of the Defense Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Icelandic Chairman of the bilateral Icelandic-US Defense Council |
| 1990-1994 | Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1994-1998 | Ambassador, Permenent Representative of Iceland to the North Atlantic Council and to the Western European Union, Brussels |
| 1998-2003 | Ambassador, Permenent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations in New York |
| 2003-2006 | Executive Director, The World Bank and Affiliates, representing the Governments of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden at the Board of the World Bank, Washington D.C. |
| 2006-2008 | Ambassador (Special Envoy of the Foreign Minister of Iceland), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2008 - | Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iceland to the North Atlantic Council, Brussels |
Married to Mrs Hólmfrídur Kofoed-Hansen
