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Dav Oddsson is an Icelandic politician, and the longestserving Prime Minister of Iceland, holding office from 1991 to 2004. From 2004 to 2005 he served as Foreign Minister. Previously, he was Mayor of Reykjavk from 1982 to 1991, and he chaired the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2005 to 2009. The collapse of Icelands banking system led to vocal demands for his resignation both by members of the Icelandic public and by the new Icelandic Prime Minister Jhanna Sigurardttir, which resulted in him being replaced as head of the Central Bank in March 2009. In September 2009 he was hired as the editor of Morgunblai, one of Icelands largest newspapers, a decision that caused nationwide controversy and was followed by resignations and widespread terminated subscriptions.

Dav Oddsson was born in Reykjavk. His father was a medical doctor, and his mother a secretary. His parents were not married, and he was brought up in his maternal grandfathers home in Selfoss, a small town in the south of Iceland, until his grandfather died. He then moved with his mother and grandmother to Reykjavk. He took an early interest in acting and attended an acting school for a while. He also attended the gymnasium Menntasklinn Reykjavk where he graduated in the spring of 1970. Dav married strur Thorarensen, a nurse they have one son, orsteinn who is a judge at the district court at Akureyri. The next six years, Dav read law at the University of Iceland, working almost fulltime as well. He was assistant to the director of a small theatre for a while, and produced, with two friends , a popular radio comedy show for two years he was for a while a political commentator at the newspaper Morgunblai, and the director of publication of Almenna bkaflagi, a conservative publishing ho

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