Ambassador Thordur Aegir Oskarsson
Chief of Defence – Iceland
2008
Professional Career:
| 1983 - 1985 | Researcher for the Icelandic Committee on Security and International Affairs |
| 1985 - 1986 | Planning Officer with the Association of the Municipalities in the Capital Area |
| 1986 - 1988 | Parliamentary correspondent with the newspaper Timinn. |
| 1988 - 1990 | First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1990 - 1994 | First Secretary, Icelandic Delegation to NATO |
| 1994 - 1995 | Counsellor, Icelandic Delegation to NATO |
| 1995 - 1996 | Counsellor, and Deputy Political Director, Head of NATO Affairs and Security Policy Division |
| 1996 | Promoted Minister-Counsellor |
| 1997 - 1999 | Director for Defence, Defence Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1999 | Promoted Ambassador |
| 1999 - 2004 | Permanent Representative of Iceland to the OSCE |
| 2000 - 2004 | Permanent Representative of Iceland to UNOV |
| 2000 - 2004 | Permanent Representative of Iceland to the IAEA |
| 2000 - 2004 | Permanent Representative of Iceland to the CTBTO |
| 2000 -2004 | Ambassador of Iceland to Austria, also accredited as Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and Slovakia |
| 2004 – 2008 | Ambassador of Iceland to Japan |
| 2008 | Special Representative to the Palestinian Authority |
| 2008 | Director for Defence and Security Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
Married to Mrs. Sigurborg Oddsdottir with two children