Óttarr Proppé

Óttarr Proppé
Óttarr Proppé
Minister of Health
	In office; 11 January 2017 – 30 November 2017
Prime Minister	Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded by	Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Succeeded by	Svandís Svavarsdóttir
Leader of the Bright Future
	In office; 31 January 2015 – 31 October 2017
Preceded by	Guðmundur Steingrímsson
Succeeded by	Björt Ólafsdóttir
Reykjavík City Councilor
	In office; 15 June 2010 – 16 June 2014
Personal details
Born	7 November 1968 (age 56); Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Bright Future

Óttarr Olaf Proppé (born 7 November 1968) is a former Icelandic politician.^[1] He is a musician, actor, former Reykjavík City Councilor (Best Party 2010-2014) and former Member of Parliament (Bright Future 2013-2017). Óttarr was elected chairman of the party in 2015. He was a member of the rock band HAM in the years 1988–1994, as well as the lead singer of the rock-cabaret band Dr. Spock. He also starred in several movies, including Sódóma Reykjavík^[2] from 1992, and Nói Albinói^[3] and Angels of the Universe^[4] from 2000. He made a guest appearance with the band Pollapönk during the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark, singing "No Prejudice" ending up 8th in the semi-final with 61 points, resulting in them progressing to the final, finishing in 15th with 58 points, which was Iceland's best result since 2009.

References

^ "Minister of Health". Ministry of Welfare.
^ Sódóma Reykjavík (imdb.com)
^ Nói albinói (imdb.com)
^ "Óttarr Proppé". Alþingi.

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[1] "Minister of Health". Ministry of Welfare.

[2] Sódóma Reykjavík (imdb.com)

[3] Nói albinói (imdb.com)

[4] "Óttarr Proppé". Alþingi.

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