Gudni Johannesson wins Iceland Presidential elections

Q.  Gudni Johannesson has won the presidential elections of which country?
- Published on 29 Jun 16

a. Iceland
b. Poland
c. Finland
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Iceland
 
Gudni Johnnesson on 26th June 2016 won the Iceland presidential elections
  • History professor who ran as an independent in the election was able to secure 39.1 percent of the vote
  • He will succeed Olafur Ragnar Grimsson who served 20 years as head of the state
  • Elections were against the backdrop of the Panama papers controversy.
  • Halla Tomasdottir, a business woman came in second with 27.9 percent while David Odds-on a former conservative PM and central bank governor won 13 percent of the vote

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