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Guðbrandur Einarsson, fæddur 29. október 1958 í Keflavík, er alþingismaður Viðreisnar fyrir Suðurkjördæmi frá 2021. Hann hefur verið áberandi í íslensku atvinnulífi og stjórnmálum Suðurnesja í marga áratugi, ekki síst sem framkvæmdastjóri og formaður Verslunarmannafélags Suðurnesja frá 1998 til 2019. Í því starfi var hann einnig formaður Landssambands íslenskra verslunarmanna frá 2014 til 2019 og sat í miðstjórn ASÍ í fjórtán ár. Áður en Guðbrandur gekk til liðs við Alþingi hafði hann gegnt lykilhlutverkum í sveitarstjórnarmálum á Suðurnesjum. Hann sat í bæjarstjórn Reykjanesbæjar frá 2002 og var forseti bæjarstjórnar á tveimur tímabilum, 2015–2018 og 2020–2022. Starfsferill hans einkennist af víðtækri þátttöku í félagasamtökum og opinberum nefndum, allt frá atvinnumálum til starfsendurhæfingar og orkumála. Guðbrandur hefur jafnframt starfað við fjölbreytt störf á ferlinum, þar á meðal sem leiðbeinandi í grunnskóla, ráðgjafi á meðferðarstofnun fyrir vímuefnaneytendur í Svíþjóð og í ýmsum tónlistarstörfum samhliða öðrum verkefnum. Hann hefur þannig víðtæka reynslu af íslensku samfélagi og atvinnulífi.
Guðbrandur Einarsson, born 29 October 1958 in Keflavík, is a Member of Parliament for the Reform Party representing the Southern Constituency since 2021. He has been a prominent figure in Icelandic business and politics on the Reykjanes Peninsula for many decades, notably as executive director and chairman of the Retail Workers' Union of the Reykjanes Peninsula from 1998 to 2019. In that role, he also served as chairman of the Icelandic Retail Association from 2014 to 2019 and sat on the central board of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour for fourteen years. Before joining the Althingi, Guðbrandur played key roles in municipal politics on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He served on the town council of Reykjanesbær from 2002 and was mayor during two periods, 2015–2018 and 2020–2022. His career is characterized by extensive participation in civil organizations and public committees, ranging from employment matters to vocational rehabilitation and energy issues. Guðbrandur has also worked in diverse positions throughout his career, including as a teaching assistant in elementary school, a counsellor at a treatment facility for substance users in Sweden, and in various music-related jobs alongside other work. He thus brings extensive experience of Icelandic society and working life to his parliamentary work.