Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Prime Meenister o Iceland
In office
1 Februar 2009 – 23 Mey 2013
PresesÓlafur Ragnar Grímsson
Precedit biGeir Haarde
Succeedit biSigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Meenister o Social Affairs an Social Security
In office
24 Mey 2007 – 1 Februar 2009
Prime MeenisterGeir Haarde
Precedit biMagnús Stefánsson (Social Affairs)
Siv Friðleifsdóttir (Halth an Social Security)
Succeedit biÁsta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir
In office
8 Julie 1987 – 24 Juin 1994
Prime MeenisterÞorsteinn Pálsson
Steingrímur Hermannsson
Davíð Oddsson
Precedit biAlexander Stefánsson
Succeedit biGuðmundur Árni Stefánsson
Personal details
Born (1942-10-04) 4 October 1942 (age 81)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Poleetical pairtySocial 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)
Bairns2 sons
1 stepson
ProfessionFlicht attendant
ReligionNane

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 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]

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  1. This name is uisually spelt in Inglis-leid press as Johanna Sigurdardottir.
  2. Moody, Jonas (30 Januar 2009). "Iceland Picks the World's First Openly Gay PM". Time. Archived frae the original on 19 Mey 2010. Retrieved 31 Januar 2009.
  3. "First gay PM for Iceland cabinet". BBC News. 1 Februar 2009. Retrieved 1 Februar 2009.
  4. Peter Popham (29 Januar 2009), "World gets its first gay leader", The Independent, UK, archived frae the original on 31 Januar 2009, retrieved 1 Februar 2016
  5. Valur Gunnarsson (30 Januar 2009), "Profile: Johanna Sigurdardottir", The Guardian, UK
  6. "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.
  7. Reuters (27 September 2012). "Iceland's PM, its first female premier, says to quit politics" (HTML). Reuters.com. Thomson Reuters. Archived frae the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

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