Iceland review - 2016, Blaðsíða 36

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the staff of Reiknistofa bankanna, an IT
service center for the Icelandic financial
market. He explains how a president
should first and foremost be optimistic.
“That way, problems become challeng-
es to be resolved.” In fluent Icelandic,
Eliza talks about the family, that she is
Canadian-born, and how life is busy for
them both raising four young children.
During the campaign, the family has
been helping out with the kids. “Guðni
has a grown-up daughter from his pre-
vious relationship—she’s watching them
now.”
When Guðni is asked what the cam-
paign has been like, he says it has mostly
been fun, but admits that he is weary.
“You could compare it to a race—and
I like running—when you see the fin-
ish line but the home stretch is left.”
Guðni is grilled by another staff mem-
ber, accusing him of trying so hard to
please everyone that he doesn’t stand
for anything. Keeping his calm, Guðni
explains how, in his view, the president
POLITICS
3) Guðni and Eliza greet-
ing the attendees of an
open meeting in Harpa by
Reykjavík harbor, June 13.
Busy campaign: Guðni preparing for a speech in Þorlákshöfn, South Iceland, May 30.
1) At the opening of the
election office in Egilsstaðir,
East Iceland, June 10.
2) Guðni and fellow
presidential candidate
Andri Snær Magnason
talking during a television
debate on Stöð 2,
May 26.
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