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Southwest (Icelandic Constituency)
Southwest ( is, Suðvestur) 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. Electoral system Southwest currently elects 11 of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the D'Hondt m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of Iceland
Iceland is divided into 6 constituencies for the purpose of selecting representatives to parliament.National Electoral Commission of Iceland 2013, p. 4 History The current division was established by a 1999 constitution amendment and was an attempt to balance the weight of different districts of the country whereby voters in the rural districts have greater representation per head than voters in Reykjavík city and its suburbs. The new division comprises three countryside constituencies (NW, NE and S) and three city constituencies (RN, RS and SW).National Electoral Commission of Iceland 2013, p. 5 The imbalance of votes between city and country still exists and a provision in the election law states that if the number of votes per seat in parliament in one constituency goes below half of what it is in any other constituency, one seat shall be transferred between them. This has occurred twice, in the elections in 2007 and 2013. On both occasions, a seat was transferred from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gísli Rafn Ólafsson
Gísli () is an Icelandic and Faroese masculine given name. Gisle is the Norwegian variant of the name. Notable people with the name include: * Gisli Sursson, the protagonist of ''Gísla saga'' * Gisli (contemporary musician), Icelandic solo musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * Gísli Guðjónsson (born 1947), Icelandic scientist * Gísli Halldórsson Gísli Halldórsson (2 February 1927 – 27 July 1998) was an Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television, and one of the most popular Icelandic actors of the late twentieth century. He is known internationally for playing the lead r ... (1927–1998), Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television * Gísli Pálsson (born 1949), Icelandic anthropologist and author {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisli Icelandic masculine given names Faroese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Þ is the letter thorn, which in Icelandic represents a voiceless dental fricative, as in the English word "thick." (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 2009. She was member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2011, first elected as a member of Women's List, then the Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance ( is, Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands), officially The Alliance – Iceland's Social Democratic Party, is a social democratic, and pro-European political party in Iceland. The Social Democratic Alliance wa .... References * Members of the Althing Environment ministers of Iceland Icelandic feminists Sveinbjarnardottir, Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir, Thorunn Social Democratic Allia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir
Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (born 6 May 1987 in Akranes) is an Icelandic politician, human rights lawyer and journalist, who represents the Pirate Party. She has a Master of Laws from the University of Utrecht in international human rights and criminal law. After her studies she became an intern at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, did legal volunteer work and worked as a freelance journalist for the Icelandic web portals ''kvennabladid.is'' and '' grapevine.is''. In 2016–2017 Þórhildur was chairman of the Pirate Party, which is an organizational post. She was elected to the Althing in 2016 for the Southwest Constituency. In 2017 she was selected as the spokesperson A spokesperson, spokesman, or spokeswoman, is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others. Duties and function In the present media-sensitive world, many organizations are increasingly likely to employ professionals who have receiv ... for the Pirates, a position that makes he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 4 October 1965) is an Icelandic politician, who has been chairman of the Reform Party since 2017. Þorgerður was deputy chairwoman of the Independence Party from 2005 to 2010. She was the Minister of Education, Science and Culture from 31 December 2003 to 1 February 2009. After the Icelandic economic crash in 2008, Þorgerður was ''de facto'' leader of the government in Geir Haarde's absence owing to Geir having been diagnosed with cancer. She left the Independence Party in 2016 and joined the newly founded Reform Party and became its chairman the following year. She was Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in 2017. Family Her father was Gunnar Eyjólfsson, an actor, who was born on 24 February 1926 and died on 21 November 2016. Her husband is Kristján Arason who was CEO of Retail Banking at Kaupthing Bank and previously one of Iceland's most successful handball players. Þorgerður Katrín and Kristján have three children, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willum Þór Þórsson
Willum Þór Þórsson (born 17 March 1963) is a former football player and manager and politician. From 2013 to 2016, he served on the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, for the Progressive Party, and is currently a member of parliament since 2017. He holds a Master's degree in Microeconomics from the University of Copenhagen and used to teach economics at Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi. Playing career Willum began his career at Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR before moving on to Breiðablik men's football, Breiðablik and later Íþróttafélagið Þróttur, Þróttur where he started his manager career. He represented Iceland at youth level both in basketball and football. Managerial career Willum led Íþróttafélagið Þróttur, Þróttur to Iceland's top league, the Úrvalsdeild in 1997. The wait had been long as Þróttur last played at the top level in 1985. In 2000, he became the manager of Haukar, and in 2002, he was appointed manager of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Party (Iceland)
The Reform Party can refer to a number of current and disbanded political parties of various ideologies. North America Canada *Reform Party of Canada, a major political party in Canada from 1987 until 2000 when it became the Canadian Alliance ** Reform Party of Alberta (1989–2004) ** Reform Party of Alberta (2016–present) **Reform Party of Ontario **Reform Party of British Columbia **Manitoba Reform Party (defunct) *Reform movement (pre-Confederation Canada), Canadian political movement agitating for responsible government United States *Toleration Party (American Toleration and Reform Party), founded in Connecticut in the 1810s *Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin), a short-lived coalition of the 1870s *Reform Party of the Hawaiian Kingdom *Reform Party of New York State *Reform Party of the United States of America, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot **Reform Party of Minnesota, supporters of the above, now the Independence Party ** American Reform Party, factional offshoot from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmar Guðmundsson '' setting
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Óli Björn Kárason
Óli Björn Kárason (born 26 August 1960) is an Icelandic politician and former newspaper editor and reporter. He was the founder and first editor of Viðskiptablaðið. From 1999 to 2003 he served as the editor of Dagblaðið Vísir. After serving as a deputy member of parliament of parliament for the Independence Party from 2010 to 2016, he was voted as a full time member in the 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 October 2016. They were due to be held on or before 27 April 2017, but following the 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, the ruling coalition announced that early elections would be held "i .... References External links Official biography of Óli Björn Kárason on the parliament website 1960 births Living people {{iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Gunnarsson
Jón Gunnarsson (born 21 September 1956 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician who has been the minister of justice of Iceland since 1 February 2022. He served as minister of the interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ... from 2021 to 2022 and as minister of transport and local government in 2017. References External links Non auto-biography of Jón Gunnarsson on the parliament website 1956 births Living people Interior ministers of Iceland Justice ministers of Iceland Members of the Althing Politicians from Reykjavík {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party (Iceland)
The People's Party ( is, Flokkur fólksins) is an Icelandic political party, which was founded in 2016 by Inga Sæland. The party defines itself as "based on a message of love", its articles of associating stating its goals as ightingwith thought, word and will for Icelanders who have suffered injustices, differences, lawlessness and poverty." In the 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election, the party received 8.8% of the votes and got 6 seats in the Althing. Policies The party's electoral priorities in the 2021 election where the following: * A minimum subsistence level should be ISK 350,000 tax- and deduction-free. A new social security system that ensures a minimum subsistence level and the abolition of deduction of state support because of income. Interactive austerity rules should not lock people in a poverty trap. * Allow disabled people who can to try their skills in the labor market for two years without deduction in state support and without their disability being reas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson
Guðmundur or Gudmundur is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur. The Icelandic surname Guðmundsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. Guðmundsdóttir is a patronymic surname meaning ''daughter of Guðmundur''. Guðmundur may refer to: *Guðmundur Arason (1161–1237), 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop *Gudmundur S. (Bo) Bodvarsson (1952–2006), director of the Earth Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory *Guðmundur Finnbogason (1873–1944), Icelandic philosopher *Gudmundur Fjelsted (died 1961), politician in Manitoba, Canada * Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handball) (born 1960), the coach of the Iceland national handball team * Guðmundur Gunnarsson (born 1945), Icelandic labour leader and father of Icelandic singer Björk *Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson (born 1982), Icelandic musician and composer * Guðmundur G. Hagalín (1898–1985), Icelandic writer *Guðmundur Jónsson (born 1953), Icel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
