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Welfare Committee (Iceland)
The Welfare Committee ( is, Velferðarnefnd) is a standing committee of the Althing, Icelandic parliament. Jurisdiction According to la№ 55/1991, with later amendments all matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Welfare Committee: * Health insurance * Social security * Social work, Social services * Children * Senior citizens * Disability * Public housing, Housing * Labour economics, Labour market * Health care Members, 140th parliament The main members have seats in the committees and attend the meetings. When they are unable to do so the substitute members temporarily take their place. Main Substitute See also * List of standing committees of the Icelandic parliament External links * * {{Standing committees of Iceland Standing committees of the Icelandic parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standing Committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more fully than would be possible if the assembly itself were considering them. Committees may have different functions and their types of work differ depending on the type of the organization and its needs. A member of a legislature may be delegated a committee assignment, which gives them the right to serve on a certain committee. Purpose A deliberative assembly may form a committee (or "commission") consisting of one or more persons to assist with the work of the assembly. For larger organizations, much work is done in committees. Committees can be a way to formally draw together people of relevant expertise from different parts of an organization who otherwise would not have a good way to share information and coordinate actions. They may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir
Jonina Ros Guomundsdottir (born 6 July 1958) is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance. She has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the EFTA The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The organization operates in parallel with the European U ... since 2009. External linksAlthing biography Living people 1958 births Jonina Ros Gudmundsdottir Jonina Ros Gudmundsdottir Jonina Ros Gudmundsdottir {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir (born 30 September 1967) is an Icelandic politician who is the director of the OECD Development Centre. She was previously the Minister of Industry and Commerce A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ... between 2013 and 2017 and an elected Member of Parliament for the Independence Party between 2007 and 2016. References External links Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir - Director, OECD Development CentreNon auto-biography of Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir on the parliament website 1967 births Living people Ragnheidur Elin Arnadottir Ragnheidur Elin Arnadottir Ragnheidur Elin Arnadottir {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólína Þorvarðardóttir
Ólína Kjerúlf Þorvarðardóttir (born 8 September 1958) was a member of the Althing, representing the Social Democratic Alliance for the Northwest Constituency from 2009 to 2016. Life and career Ólína has been an active scholar in social Sciences, a principal of the Junior College of Ísafjörður ( Menntaskólinn á Ísafirði) from 2001 to 2006; and lecturer at the University of Iceland (Folklore, Icelandic literature) from 1992 to 2000. Before participating in politics, Ólína worked as a journalist, reporter and TV-anchor at the State Broadcasting Station (RÚV) from 1987 to 1990. Ólína has published several books and articles on political and social matters. She is an active rescue team volunteer for Slysavarnafélagið Landsbjörg where she specializes in training and working with rescue dogs. Parliamentary Committees * Member of the Committee on the Environment (2009–2016; also chairman 2010–2016). * Vice-chairman of the Committee on Fisheries and Agriculture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mörður Árnason
Mörður Árnason (born 30 October 1953) is an Icelandic politician. He was born in October 30, 1953, and belongs to the Social Democratic Alliance. He was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavik Constituency South from 2003 to 2007, and for the Reykjavik Constituency North from 2010 to 2013. See also *Alþingi The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ... References External linksMörður Árnason home page (icelandic) Mordur Arnason Living people 1953 births {{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] |
Höskuldur Þórhallsson
Höskuldur Þórhallsson (born 8 March 1973) is an Icelandic politician and a former member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Progressive Party. He served as President of the Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ... in 2015. External linksAlthing biography Living people 1973 births Hoskuldur Thorhallsson Hoskuldur Thorhallsson {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (born 10 January 1972) is an Icelandic politician, a member of Althing. She is also a chess Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ... (WIM), she is the Icelandic national woman champion eleven times. External links Non auto-biography of Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir on the parliament website Living people Gudfridur Lilja Gretarsdottir Gudfridur Lilja Gretarsdottir 1972 births Icelandic female chess players {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir (born 13 January 1950) is an Icelandic politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking .... External linksNon auto-biography of Valgerður Bjarnadóttir on the parliament website Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Living people 1950 births Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Place of birth missing (living people) Valgerdur Bjarnadottir {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir (born 6 April 1974) was the List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland, Speaker of the Althing from the 24th of January 2017 until she failed to be re-elected in the 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election. She has also served as the chair of the Parliament's Judicial Affairs and Education Committee.Icelandic Lawmaker Breastfeeds Her Baby Like A Boss While Addressing Parliament by Jesselyn Cook, at the Huffington Post; published October 14, 2016; retrieved May 9, 2017 External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Party (Iceland)
The Independence Party ( is, Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) is a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. It is currently the largest party in the Althing, Alþingi, with 17 seats. The chairman of the party is Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970), Bjarni Benediktsson and the vice chairman of the party is Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir. It was formed in 1929 through a merger of the Conservative Party (Iceland), Conservative Party and the Liberal Party (Iceland, historical), Liberal Party. This united the two parties advocating the dissolution of the Union of Denmark and Iceland; dissolution was achieved in 1944, during the German occupation of Denmark. Since its formation in 1929, the party has won the largest share of the vote in every election except the 2009 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2009 election, when it fell behind the Social Democratic Alliance. Every Independence Party leader has also at some point held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir
Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir (born 23 June 1949) is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of Alþingi for the Independence Party from 2007 to 2016 and the mayor of Mosfellsbær from 2002 to 2007. Personal life Ragnheiður's father was Ríkharður Jónsson, a former footballer and manager who played 33 games for the Icelandic national team. Her son is former footballer Ríkharður Daðason Ríkharður Daðason (born 26 April 1972) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker for Fram Reykjavik, KR, Kalamata, Viking, Stoke City, Lillestrøm and Fredrikstad. Education Ríkharður graduated from Colu .... References External links Non auto-biography of Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir on the parliament website Living people 1949 births Ragnheidur Rikhardsdottir Ragnheidur Rikhardsdottir Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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