Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir (born 10 June 1943) is an

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ic politician and former member of the

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. A member of the

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, she represented the

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constituency from July 1996 to May 2003. Sigríður was born on 10 June 1943 in

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. She is the daughter of industrial worker Jóhannes Guðnason and Jóna Ásmundsdóttir. She graduated from Reykjavík High School (MR) in 1963. She studied

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and biology at the

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(1963–1965) and qualified as a teacher from the Iceland College of Education (KÍ) in 1967. She also studied at the Teachers College in

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from 1979 to 1980. She was a teacher at Selfoss Kindergarten from 1965 to 1966 and Myllubakka School in

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from 1969 to 1996. She was on the board of the Icelandic Teachers' Association () from 1982 to 1991 and was chair of the board of the Suðurnesja Polytechnic School from 1990 to 1994. Sigríður was a member of the

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in Keflavík. She was a substitute member of the

for

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (; born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland, serving from 1996 to 2016.

in April 1992, from April 1993 to May 1993 and from April 1996 to July 1996. She was appointed to the Althing in July 1996 after Ólafur Ragnar was elected

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. Sigríður married teacher Ásgeir Árnason in 1964 and has a son and three daughters.

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