Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir[1] (Icelandic pronunciation: [jo͡uːhana ˈsɪːɣʏrðarto͡uhtɪr]; born 4 October 1942) is a umwhile social democratic Prime Meenister o Iceland. An MP syne 1978, she wis Iceland's Meenister o Social Affairs an Social Security frae 1987–1994 an 2007–2009. She haes been a member o the Althing (Iceland's pairlament) for Reykjavík constituencies syne 1978, winnin re-election on aicht occasions efter anither. She became Iceland's first female Prime Meenister an the warld's first appenly lesbian heid o govrenment on 1 Februar 2009.[2][3]
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | |
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Prime Meenister o Iceland | |
In office 1 Februar 2009 – 23 Mey 2013 | |
Preses | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson |
Precedit bi | Geir Haarde |
Succeedit bi | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson |
Meenister o Social Affairs an Social Security | |
In office 24 Mey 2007 – 1 Februar 2009 | |
Prime Meenister | Geir Haarde |
Precedit bi | Magnús Stefánsson (Social Affairs) Siv Friðleifsdóttir (Halth an Social Security) |
Succeedit bi | Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir |
In office 8 Julie 1987 – 24 Juin 1994 | |
Prime Meenister | Þorsteinn Pálsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Davíð Oddsson |
Precedit bi | Alexander Stefánsson |
Succeedit bi | Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson |
Personal details | |
Born | (1942-10-04) 4 October 1942 (age 81) Reykjavík, Iceland |
Poleetical pairty | Social Democratic Alliance (2000–present) |
Ither poleetical affiliations | Social Democratic Pairty (afore 1994) Naitional Awakenin (1994–2000) |
Spoose(s) | Þorvaldur Steinar Jóhannesson (1970–1987) Jónína Leósdóttir (2002–present) |
Bairns | 2 sons 1 stepson |
Profession | Flicht attendant |
Religion | Nane |
Jóhanna is a social democrat an Iceland's langest-serrin memmer o Pairlament. In the 1990s, whan she lost a bid tae heid the Social Democratic Pairty, she raised her nieve an declared "Minn tími mun koma!" ("Ma time will come!"), a rame that became a popular Icelandic expression.[4][5] In 2009, Forbes leetit her among the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world.[6] In September 2012, Jóhanna announced she wouldna seek re-election and would insteid retire frae politics.[7]