Ásta Bryndís Þorsteinsdóttir (1 December 1945–12 October 1998) was an

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ic politician and member of the

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. A member of the

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, she represented the

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constituency from January 1998 to October 1998. Ásta was born on 1 December 1945 in

. She was the daughter of fisherman Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson and clerk Ásdís Eyjólfsdóttir. She received a degree in nursing from the Icelandic School of Nursing (HÍ) in 1968. She also studied nursing administration at the New School of Nursing from 1987 to 1988 and surgical nursing in Iceland and Denmark. Ásta was a nurse at the Reykjavík City Hospital (1968–1969); a

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(1971) and

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(1972–1980) in

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, mostly at the

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; a nurse in the

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(1980–1981), a surgical nurse (1982–1988) and a nursing manager (1988-1997) at the National Hospital. She was a member of the board of the National Association of Developmental Aid, an

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of groups that work for the rights and interests of disabled people from 1985 to 1995 and served as its chair from 1987 to 1995. Ásta was a substitute member of the

for

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (born 21 February 1939) is an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Finance from 1987 to 1988 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1995. He is known in the Baltics as, at his initiative, Icela ...

in October 1995, from May 1996 to June 1996, from November 1996 to December 1996 and from November 1997 to December 1997. She was appointed to the Althing in January 1998 following Jón Baldvin's resignation. She died on 12 October 1998 at her home in Reykjavík. She was replaced by

Magnús Árni Magnússon Magnús Árni Skjöld Magnússon (born 14 March 1968) is an Icelandic academic, politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Reykjavík constituency from October 1998 to May 1999. E ...

in the Althing. Ásta married doctor Ástráður B. Hreiðarsson in 1966 and had two sons and a daughter.

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Ásta B. Þorsteinsdóttir Ásta Bryndís Þorsteinsdóttir (1 December 1945–12 October 1998) was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Party (Iceland), Social Democratic Party, she represented the Reykjavík (Althing const ...