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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. She was Iceland's first female prime minister and the first openly LGBTQ head of government in the world.
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politics · Prime Minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013 · politician · flight attendant · also Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Johanna Siguroardottir, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir, Sigurðardóttir
Born 4 October 1942 · Q57772
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“Last year we passed a law against the purchase of sex, recently introduced an action plan on trafficking of women, and now we have shut down the strip clubs. The Nordic countries are leading the way on women”
Monocle: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Released a biography entitled Minn tími ("My Time")
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IBTimes UK: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: Female leaders Angela Merkel and Nicola Sturgeon can clean up the Brexit mess
Finalising before 2046, with a fixed interest rate of 3%
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About the most important gender-based problem "today", Jóhanna answered that it was "to fight the pay gap between men and women"
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When same-sex marriage was legalised in Iceland, Jóhanna and Jónína changed their civil union into a marriage, thus becoming one of the first same-sex married couples in Iceland
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Her government banned strip clubs, paying for nudity in restaurants, and other means of employers profiting from employees' nudity – the first such ban in a Western democratic country
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iceland (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2009-2013 Parliament of Iceland (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Minister of Welfare (2008–2009).
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Career landmark: Minister of Social Affairs (2007–2007).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2007-2009 Parliament of Iceland (2007–2009).
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The party officially merged with the Social Democratic Alliance
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To form the present Social Democratic Alliance
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All of the MPs joined the Social Democratic Party
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When she lost a bid to head the Social Democratic Party, she raised her fist and declared "Minn tími mun koma
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Left the party and formed her own party, National Awakening (Þjóðvaki), with her as leader
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Joined in a civil union with Jónína Leósdóttir (born 1954), an author and playwright, in 2002
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Career landmark: Minister of Social Affairs (1987–1994).
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On the list of the Social Democratic Party for the Reykjavík constituency
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And the couple had two sons named Sigurður Egill Þorvaldsson and Davíð Steinar Þorvaldsson (born 1972 and 1977)
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And 1969 and over the Board of Svölurnar, Association of Former Stewardesses in 1975
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Worked as a flight attendant with Icelandic Airlines (a predecessor of Icelandair) from 1962 to 1971, and as an office manager from 1971 to 1978
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Born 1942-10-04.
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