REYKJAVIK: History professor Gudni Johannesson won Iceland's presidential election with 39.1 percent of the ballots, according to final results announced on public television channel RUV on Sunday.

The political newcomer only decided to run for the presidency after the so-called Panama Papers leak in April, which detailed offshore accounts and implicated several senior Icelandic politicians.

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