Viðreisn elects Pawel Bartoszek as parliamentary group leader

Viðreisn has elected Pawel Bartoszek as chair of its parliamentary group, mbl.is reported. The decision was made at a group meeting.

Bartoszek represents the Reykjavik North constituency. He has chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee for the past two years and is a member of the Economic and Trade Committee, the Iceland-EU parliamentary committee and Iceland’s delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

He was first elected to parliament for Viðreisn in 2016 and was re-elected in 2024, the party said.

At the same meeting, María Rut Kristinsdóttir was elected deputy chair and Grímur Grímsson secretary. Sigmar Guðmundsson, who is due to return from medical leave soon, has asked to take on other parliamentary duties.