Björt Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who represented
Bright Future in the Althing 2013-17 and is its current chairperson. She served as the
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland from January to November 2017.
Bright Future was formed to contest the
2013 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Party ...
, which is when Björt entered the
Althing
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 ...
as one of the new party's six MPs. She was elected chairperson of her party on 25 November 2017, after the previous chair
Óttarr Proppé
Óttarr Olaf Proppé (born 7 November 1968) is a former Icelandic politician. He is a musician, actor, former Reykjavík City Councilor (Best Party 2010-2014) and former Member of Parliament ( Bright Future 2013-2017). Óttarr was elected chair ...
resigned following the results of the
2017 election, in which Bright Future lost every seat it held.
In March 2015 she joined the protest #FreeTheNipple on Twitter, which was directed against censorship on women's bodies and sexism. She joined the protest by posting a picture of her naked breast.
Ministerial career
Following
parliamentary elections in 2016, a new coalition government with Björt as Minister of Environment was formed in January 2017 comprising the
Independence Party
Independence Party may refer to:
Active parties Outside United States
* Independence Party (Egypt)
* Estonian Independence Party
* Independence Party (Finland)
* Independence Party (Iceland)
* Independence Party (Mauritius)
* Independence Part ...
, the
Reform Party and Bright Future, which lasted until the
parliamentary elections in October 2017. It continued as a caretaker government during the government negotiations in November.
References
1983 births
Living people
Bjort Olafsdottir
Bjort Olafsdottir
Bjort Olafsdottir
Bjort Olafsdottir
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