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Currently, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is 80 years, 11 months and 12 days old. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will celebrate 81rd birthday on a Tuesday 14th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Olafur Ragnar Grimsson upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Olafur Ragnar Grimsson |
Occupation | World Leader |
Age | 80 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 14, 1943 (Isafjorour, Iceland) |
Birthday | May 14 |
Town/City | Isafjorour, Iceland |
Nationality | Iceland |
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
After serving as his country's Minister of Finance, this People's Alliance Party-turned-Independent Politician took office as fifth President of Iceland. He won his first election in 1996 and, in 2012, began his fifth presidential term.
After receiving his doctorate in political science from the University of Manchester, he began teaching at the University of Iceland.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he served the Reykjavik constituency in the Icelandic Althing (parliament).
Following the death of his first wife, Guorun Katrin Porbergsdottir, he married Israeli businesswoman Dorrit Moussaieff. His first marriage resulted in twins named Guorun and Svanhildur.
In the early 1980s, he was one of several prominent liberal thinkers to enter into a well-publicized debate with the conservative American Economist Milton Friedman.