Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir (born 9 April 1957 in

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) is an

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representing the

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. She served as

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from 2011 to 2012, and twice as parliamentary group leader for the SDA. On 17 March 2016, she declared her candidacy for the party's leadership election, which took place at an extraordinary party conference on 3–4 June, and she was elected party chairperson. She resigned as party leader on 31 October 2016 after her party suffered their worst results in the 2016 election (falling to only three seats), and was replaced by deputy leader

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Non auto-biography of Oddný G. Harðardóttir on the parliament website
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