Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir (born 15 September 1940) is an

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ic politician. She has served as a member of the Icelandic

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, as Minister of Social Services in the

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, and was President of the

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in 2005.

Early life

Rannveig was born in

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

, the daughter of

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Guðmundur Kr. Guðmundsson (born 15 August 1897, died 12 January 1961) and

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Sigurjóna Guðmundína Jónasdóttir (born 14 January 1903, died 9 September 1954). In 1960 she married

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Sverrir Jónsson (born 9 July 1939). She studied computer programming 1970–1972 in

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and

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

. Rannveig was an employee of the Post Office in

1956–1962. Clerical work 1962–1963 and 1967–1968. Computer programmer for Loftleiðir Airlines 1972–1976.

Politics

Rannveig was a member of the council of

Kópavogur Kópavogur () is a town in Iceland that is the country's second largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. The town seal contains th ...

1978–1988. Political aide to the Minister of Social Services 1988–1989. Member of

from 1989 to 2007 for the

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and its successor, the

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. Appointed Minister of Social Affairs in the

on 12 November 1994, served until 23 April 1995. President of the

2004 to 2005.

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Early life

Politics

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