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Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson speaks to reporters at the Althingi Iceland parliament in Reykjavik April 6 2016 EPA BIRGIR THOR HARDARSON

Iceland’s new PM Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson sworn in




REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s new Prime Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson joins the house on Thursday after his predecessor resigned over the Panama Papers scandal.

Former PM of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson quit on Tuesday after his hidden offshore account was revealed in the ‘Panama Papers’, resulting the mass protests by people all over the country, demanding him to step down.

The new PM Johannsson is former fisheries and agriculture minister. Johannsson and his cabinet were sworn in by President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson in a ceremony held at the presidential residence in Reykjavik, the coastal capital.

According to reports, the new PM is set to take Iceland into legislative elections expected in the autumn.




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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.