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Kolbrún Baldursdóttir
Kolbrún Baldursdóttir (born 23 March 1959) is an Icelandic politician from the People's Party. In the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election she was elected to the Althing. References See also * List of members of the Althing, 2024–2028 This is a list of members of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland, elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, parliamentary election held on 30 November 2024, and subsequent changes during the legislative term. Members R ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldursdottir, Kolbrun 1959 births Living people Kolbrun Baldursdottir Kolbrun Baldursdottir Kolbrun Baldursdottir Kolbrun Baldursdottir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althing
The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavík. After Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing lost its legislative power, which was not restored until 1904 when Iceland gained home rule from Denmark. For 641 years, the Althing did not serve as the parliament of Iceland; ultimate power rested with the Norwegian, and subsequently the Danish throne. Even after Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing still held its sessions at until 1800, when it was discontinued. It was restored in 1844 by royal decree and moved to Reykjavík. The restored Unicameralism, unicameral legislature first came together in 1845 and after 1874 operated in Bicameralism, two chambers with an addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavík South (Althing Constituency)
Reykjavík South () is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 when the existing Reykjavík constituency was split into two. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 parliamentary election it had 47,619 registered electors. History In March 1843 King Christian VIII of Denmark issued a royal decree converting the Althing into a consultative assembly. It consisted to 20 members popularly elected from single-member constituencies, one of which was Reykjavík. In the subsequent decades the electoral process, size of Althing and constituencies changed several time. Reykjavík became a two-member constituency in 1903 (effective 1904). In 1920 (effective 1923) it became a four-member constituency using proportional representation. It became a six-member constituency in 1934 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party (Iceland)
The People's Party () is an Icelandic political party, with an emphasis on disability rights, pensioners' interests, and direct democracy. It currently sits in government. The party which was founded in 2016 by Inga Sæland. The party defines itself as "based on a message of love", its articles of association stating its goals as " ightingwith thought, word and will for Icelanders who have suffered injustices, differences, lawlessness and poverty." Policies In the 2021 parliamentary election, the party's electoral priorities were: Welfare and the fight against poverty * The minimum subsistence level will be ISK 350,000, tax- and deduction-free. * Introduce a new social security system that ensures a minimum subsistence level and the abolition of deduction of state support because of income. Do not let interactive austerity rules lock people in a poverty trap. The disabled * Allow all disabled people who can to try their skills in the labor market for two years witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Icelandic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing. The centre-left Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, outperformed the ruling Independence Party to win the most seats, at 15. The election saw the worst performance by the Independence Party, Progressive Party, the Left-Green Movement, and the Pirate Party in each of the parties' histories, while Viðreisn, the People's Party, and the Centre Party saw their best performance in each of the parties' histories. This follows a trend of Icelanders voting against every post– 2008 recession government except during the 2021 election. The Left-Green Movement and the Pirate Party lost all of their parliamentary representation, with each failing to obtain a seat for the first time since their foundation in the 1999 and 2013 elections, respectively. Background Previous election The 2021 parliamentary election took place on 25 September, a month before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Althing, 2024–2028
This is a list of members of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland, elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, parliamentary election held on 30 November 2024, and subsequent changes during the legislative term. Members References * * * {{Lists of Icelandic Parliament members Lists of current national legislators, Iceland Lists of members of the Althing, 2024 Members of the Althing 2024–2028, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Births
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21st-century Icelandic Women Politicians
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People's Party (Iceland) Politicians
People's Party, Peoples Party or Popular Party may refer to one of the following political parties. Translations into English of the names of the various countries' parties are not always consistent, but ''People's Party'' is the most common. Current * Armenia: ** People's Democratic Party (Armenia) ** People's Party (Armenia) ** People's Party of Armenia * Aruban People's Party (founded 1942, , , ''AVP'') * Austrian People's Party (founded 1945, (, ''ÖVP'') * Cambodian People's Party (founded 1951, , ', ''CPP'') * People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (founded 2002, , PPRD) * People's Party of Canada (founded 2018) * Croatia: ** Croatian People's Party (other) (), several parties ** Croatian Popular Party (other) (), several parties * National People's Party (Curaçao) (founded 1947, , ''PNP'') * Czechoslovak People's Party (founded 1919, , ČSL) * Botswana People's Party * Denmark: ** Danish People's Party (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Althing 2024–2028
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