News - 06.02.2023
Candidates for chairman and Board of VR
The nomination deadline for the election of the chairman and the Board of VR expired at noon today, February 6, 2023.
VR's Election Committee received two individual candidacies for the position of chairman from Elva Hrönn Hjartardóttir and Ragnar Þór Ingólfsson.
The Election Committee has ruled that 16 individual candidacies for the board of VR for the election period 2023-2025 have been legally presented. A total of seven seats on the board and three in the deputy board will be elected.
The candidates for the board of VR are, in alphabetical order:
Árni Konráð Árnason
Gabríel Benjamin
Halla Gunnarsdóttir
Helga Ingólfsdóttir
Jennifer Schröder
Jóhanna Gunnarsdóttir
Kristjana Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir
Nökkvi Harðarson
Ólafur Reimar Gunnarsson
Sigríður Hallgrímsdóttir
Sigurður Sigfússon
Svanhildur Ólöf Þórsteinsdóttir
Vala Ólöf Kristinsdóttir
Þorsteinn Þórólfsson
Þórir Hilmarsson
Ævar Þór Magnússon
No counter nomination was received against the list of VR‘s Consultative Council, and it is therefore considered legally elected.
VR‘s Election Committee will advertise the arrangements for the election in more detail in the next days. Soon, more information about the candidates and their priorities will be published on the VR website.