What is Jón Sigurðsson (politician, born 1946)?
'''Jón Sigurðsson''' (23 August 1946 – 10 September 2021) was an [[Iceland]]ic politician. He was the [[Minister of Industry and Commerce (Iceland)|Minister of Industry and Commerce]] for the [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] from 2006 until 2007. He was later elected party chairman from 2006 to 2007. He was Governor of the [[Central Bank of Iceland]] from 2003 to 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bankastjórn frá upphafi |url=https://www.sedlabanki.is/library/Skraarsafn/ymsar-skrar/Bankastjorn%20fra%20upphafi.pdf |website=sedlabanki.is |publisher=[[Central Bank of Iceland]] |access-date=11 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> In 2020, Sigurðsson was diagnosed with terminal [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Davíð Roach Gunnarsson |title=Þú ert með illvígan og harðákveðinn krabba |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/thu-ert-med-illvigan-og-hardakvedinn-krabba |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=[[RÚV]] |date=12 March 2020 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> He died from the illness on 10 September 2021, aged 75.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Róbert Jóhannsson |title=Jón Sigurðsson, fyrrverandi Seðlabankastjóri, látinn |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/10/jon-sigurdsson-fyrrverandi-sedlabankastjori-latinn |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=[[RÚV]] |date=11 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigurosson, Jon}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Icelandic politicians]] [[Category:Icelandic businesspeople]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] {{bio-stub}}