About Össur Skarphéðinsson
Born 1953. Össur Skarphéðinsson is an Icelandic text editor, politician, university teacher and diplomat.
Össur Skarphéðinsson (pronounced ; born 19 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from February 2009 to May 2013.
Össur matriculated from the Reykjavík Grammar School in 1973, and gained a BS in biology from the University of Iceland in 1979, and a doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1983 entitled "The effect of photoperiod on the growth of the rainbow trout". In February 2009, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs.
He lost the sight in one eye in a childhood accident.
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