2009

Ambassador to the United States

2003–2009

Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, New York. Concurrently Ambassador to Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica and Guyana

2007–2008

2008

Vice-President of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly 2006 and 2007 Vice-President of ECOSOC

President of the Inernational Association of Permanent Representatives (IAPR)

2001-2003

Ambassador to Canada (first Icelandic Ambassador residing in Ottawa). Simultaneously - 2003 - Ambassador to Columbia (agréé), Costa Rica (agréé), Nicaragua (agréé), Peru (agréé), Venezuela (agréé), Ecuador (agrée) and Panama (agrée).

1999-2002

Ambassador to the Holy See (residing in Reykjavik and Ottawa).

1998-2001

Ambassador, Political Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs as well as (1999-2001) Deputy Permanent Secretary of State.

1995-1998

Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (first Icelandic Ambassador residing in Beijing), simultaneously to Japan, the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia (agréé), Thailand and the Democratic Republic of Korea (agréé).

1989-1995

Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and simultaneously to Switzerland, Austria and Greece, with residence in Bonn. Also Ambassador to GDR 23 August 1990 - 3 October 1990, to Hungary 4 September 1990 and to Liechtenstein 26 June 1992. Also, head of Delegation to the CSCE Fora in Vienna 1994 - 1995. 1990 Head of Delegation, CSCE Conference on Economic Cooperation in Europe, Bonn.

1989-1990

Head of Delegation, CSBM´s- and CFE-Meetings, Vienna.

1988

Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Disarmament.

1988-1989

Ambassador for CSCE-matters, Disarmament and Arms Control, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

1986-1989

Head of Delegation, Third CSCE Follow-up Meeting, Vienna (residing in Reykjavik).

1985-1988

Minister Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

1984-1985

Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

1980-1984

First Secretary, and later Counsellor, Embassy in Stockholm.

1977-1978

Member of Delegation, First CSCE Follow-up Meeting, Belgrade and Member of Delegations or Head at subsequent CSCE-Meetings at Valletta, Helsinki, Stockholm, Ottawa, Budapest and Bern.

1977-1980

First Secretary, Delegation to NATO/Embassy, Brussels.

1976

UN General Assembly.

1976-1977

First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

1969-1976

Taught at the Icelandic Teachers College, the Reykjavík College and at the University of Iceland.

1969

MA Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

1968

BA Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

1966

Graduated from Icelandic Teachers College.