Katrín Júlíusdóttir (born 23 November 1974),is a former Icelandic politician and author. She was elected to the Parliament of Iceland in 2003 and served as Minister of Industry,Energy and Tourism from May 2009 to September 2012 and as Minister of Finance and Economy from 2012 to 2013. [1] [2] In 2016,she left politics and has since been the Managing Director of Finance Iceland. In 2020,she received the Svartfuglinn-Award for her first crime novel,Sykur (en:Sugar),published by Veröld in October 2020. Katrín is married to the Icelandic author Bjarni M. Bjarnason and they have four sons.
The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the president is the head of state,while the prime minister of Iceland serves as the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament,the Althingi. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Independence Party is a conservative political party in Iceland. It is currently the largest party in the Alþingi,with 17 seats. The chairman of the party is Bjarni Benediktsson and the vice chairman of the party is Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir.
The Left-Green Movement,also known by its short-form name Vinstri græn (VG),is an eco-socialist political party in Iceland.
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician,who has been chairwoman of the Liberal Reform Party since 2017.
The Cabinet of Iceland is the collective decision-making body of the government of Iceland,composed of the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers.
The Icelandic Ministry of Finance is responsible for overseeing the finances of the Icelandic government. The Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs is Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson.
The Icelandic Ministry of Industry,Energy and Tourism is one of the cabinet-level government ministries responsible for Iceland's economy. It shares that responsibility with the Ministry of Business Affairs and the Ministry of Fisheries. Since 2009,the responsible minister is Katrín Júlíusdóttir of the Social Democratic Alliance.
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic politician,who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013.
Katrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from December 2017 to April 2024 and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 2024.
Bjarni Benediktsson,known colloquially as Bjarni Ben,is an Icelandic politician,who has served as the prime minister of Iceland since April 2024,and previously from January to November 2017. He has been the leader of the Icelandic Independence Party since 2009,and served as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 to 2017,a post he later retained under Katrín Jakobsdóttir and held until his resignation in October 2023. After serving briefly as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2023 to 2024,Bjarni became prime minister again on 9 April 2024.
Southwest is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing,the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established as Reykjanes in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation for elections to the Althing. It was renamed Southwest in 2003 when the Reykjanes area of constituency was merged into the Southern constituency following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland. Southwest is conterminous with the Capital region but excludes Reykjavík Municipality which has its own constituencies. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 73,699 registered electors.
Iceland–Palestine relations refers to the bilateral relations between Iceland and Palestine. Iceland was the first Nordic country to recognise the independence of Palestine. Full diplomatic relations exist between the two sides. Iceland's representative to Palestine is a non-resident based at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Reykjavík,while Palestine's ambassador to Iceland is also a non-resident based in Oslo,Norway.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017,the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father writing a letter recommending a convicted child sex offender have his "honour restored". Bjarni subsequently called for a snap election,which was officially scheduled for 28 October 2017 following the dissolution of the Althing.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 September 2021 to elect the members of the Althing. Following the elections,the three parties in the ruling coalition government –the Independence Party,Progressive Party and Left-Green Movement –agreed to continue in office,with Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement remaining Prime Minister despite her party being the smallest of the three. It was the first time an incumbent government had retained power in an election since the 2008 financial crisis.
The First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir was formed on 30 November 2017,following the 2017 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement,who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Þórdís Kolbrún ReykfjörðGylfadóttir is an Icelandic lawyer and politician of the Independence Party who has served as the minister of foreign affairs since 2024,having previously held the portfolio from 2021 to 2023. She also served as finance minister from 2023-2024.
Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who is a member of the Althing for the Southwest Constituency since 2016 and she has also worked as a media representative of the Ministry of Finance from 2010 to 2014.
Katrin Eggenberger is a Swiss-Liechtensteiner academic and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein from November 2019 to March 2021.
Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing.
The Second cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir was formed on 28 November 2021,following the 2021 parliamentary election. The cabinet was led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement,who served as Prime Minister of Iceland.
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