Páll Hreinsson

Born 20 February 1963, in Reykjavík, Iceland

Studies: Cand. Juris 1988 from the University of Iceland. Visitor student in Administrative Law and Public Administration at the University of Copenhagen 1990-1991. Doctor Juris 2005 from the University of Iceland.

Professional career: Assistant Judge, City Court of Reykjavik, 1988-1991; Special Assistant, The Althing Ombudsman (The Parliamentary Ombudsman's Office), 1991-1998; Member of the committees of specialists which wrote the legislative bills on the Administrative Act from 1993 and the Freedom of Information Act from 1996; Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1998-1999; Professor of Law, University of Iceland, 1999-2007; Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 2002-2005; Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 2005 – 2007; Chairman of the Commission for access to administrative documentation from the 1^st of January 2005 to the 1^st of September 2007.Justice at Supreme Court of Iceland, 2007-2011. Chairman of the Special Investigation Commission which was established with Act no. 142/2008 on an Investigation of the Events Leading To, and the Causes Of, the Downfall of the Icelandic Banks in 2008, and Related Events, from the 1^st of January 2009 to the 1^st  of September 2010. Chairman of the Board of The Data Protection Authority 1999-2011. Judge at the EFTA-court from September 2011.

Publications: He has written books and articles on Administrative law, constitutional law, Data Protection and Information Privacy, law of obligations and EEA law.