Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Kristrún Frostadóttir |
| Preceded by | Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir |
| Leader of the Liberal Reform Party | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Benedikt Jóhannesson |
| Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | |
| In office 11 January 2017 – 30 November 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson |
| Succeeded by | Kristján Þór Júlíusson |
| Minister of Education, Science, and Culture | |
| In office 31 December 2003 – 1 February 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde |
| Preceded by | Tómas Ingi Olrich |
| Succeeded by | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Member of the Althing | |
| Assumed office 29 October 2016 | |
| Constituency | Southwest |
| In office 8 May 1999 – 27 April 2013 | |
| Constituency | Reykjanes (1999–2003) Southwest (2003–2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Liberal Reform Party (2016–present) Independence Party (1999–2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Kristján Arason |
| Children | 3, including Gísli |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 4 October 1965) is an Icelandic politician. She has been chairwoman of the Liberal Reform Party since 2017.[1] Þorgerður was deputy chairwoman of the Independence Party from 2005 to 2010.
Þorgerður was the Minister of Education, Science and Culture from 31 December 2003 to 1 February 2009. She left the Independence Party in 2016 and joined the newly founded Reform Party. She was Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in 2017.
In December 2024, she became the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Breaking Male Dominance in Old Democracies Drude Dahlerup, Monique Leyenaar · 2013 p13 "In 2005 Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir became vice-chairman of the IP; Valgerður Sverrisdóttir became vice-chairman of the PP in 2007 and chairman in 2008. In 1998 parliament agreed on a proposal by MPs from all parties to set up a ..."
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