Photograph — Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

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Court record · Iceland

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

Former prime minister of Iceland

Resigned in 2016 after the Panama Papers disclosed an offshore company holding claims on the collapsed Icelandic banks; no charges were brought

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Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is recorded in this register under the heading “Court record”, in connection with the role of Former prime minister of Iceland. The entry is filed to Reykjavík (Iceland), which is the location associated with the role in the published material rather than a statement of present residence or employment.

Included as a documented Nordic Panama Papers matter. No criminal proceedings followed. The register reproduces the substance of the linked source and does not extend it. Where a matter has been appealed, reopened, or closed without findings, that position is stated as the source states it, and the summary line for this entry reads: “Resigned in 2016 after the Panama Papers disclosed an offshore company holding claims on the collapsed Icelandic banks; no charges were brought.”

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