Career landmark: Member of the 2021– Parliament of Iceland (2021).
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Katrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic former 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.
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politics · Prime Minister of Iceland from 2017 to 2024 · politician · environmentalist · also Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Katrin Jakobsdottir, Jakobsdóttir
Born 1 February 1976 · Q467464
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Career landmark: Member of the 2021– Parliament of Iceland (2021).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iceland (2017–2024).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2017–2021 Parliament of Iceland (2017).
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2017–2018).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2016-2017 Parliament of Iceland (2016).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2013-2016 Parliament of Iceland (2013–2016).
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Career landmark: Minister of Education (2009–2009).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2009-2013 Parliament of Iceland (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Minister of Education, Science and Culture (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Minister for Nordic Cooperation (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Member of the 2007-2009 Parliament of Iceland (2007–2009).
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For a thesis on the work of popular Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason
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Studied at University of Iceland, Master of Arts (2004).
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Before she became the chairperson in 2013 which she served until 2024
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And served as their chairperson from 2013 until her presidential bid in 2024
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With a bachelor's degree, with a major in Icelandic and a minor in French
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Studied at University of Iceland, Bachelor of Arts (1999).
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Born 1976-02-01.
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“First and foremost, I am showing solidarity with Icelandic women with this,”
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