Sigríður Jóhanna Friðjónsdóttir (born 28 November 1961) is the Director of Public Prosecutions in

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Education

Sigríður graduated from the

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in 1986 and studied British litigation law at

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in 1987.

Career

She became a prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office on 10 August 10 1998 and was named Deputy Public Prosecutor in September 2008. She was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions on 4 April 2011.

References

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