Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (born 15 June 1944) is an Icelandic politician and a former cabinet member. She represented the Reykjavík North Constituency in the

Althingi The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what la ...

from 2013 until 2016.

Minister for the Environment

At the end of 2014 she was appointed Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. The post had previously been held by

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (pronounced �sɪːɣʏrðʏr ˈiŋgɪ ˈjouːhansɔn born 20 April 1962) is an Icelandic politician, who was the prime minister of Iceland from April 2016 to January 2017. He has been the chairman of the Progressive ...

(who combined it with Fisheries and Agriculture). It was reassigned in the third reshuffle of the

Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson The Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson in Iceland, nicknamed “''The Panama government''” () or “''The government of leaks''” (), was formed 23 May 2013. The cabinet left office 7 April 2016 due to the Panama Papers leak. Cabinet I ...

. Following the

2016 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 October 2016. They were due to be held on or before 27 April 2017, but following the 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, the ruling coalition announced that early elections would be held "i ...

(in which she did not stand) a new government was formed. In January 2017 she was succeeded as environment minister by

Björt Ólafsdóttir Björt Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who represented Bright Future in the Althing 2013-17 and is its current chairperson. She served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland from January to November 2017. ...

in the

Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson The Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson in Iceland, nicknamed “''The restoration government''” () or “''The work government''” (), was formed 14 November 1963. It dissolved 10 July 1970 due to the death of the Prime Minister, Bjarni Benedikts ...

External sources

Wikivitnun (Wikiquote)CV at www.althingi.is
Living people 1944 births Sigrun Magnusdottir Sigrun Magnusdottir {{Iceland-politician-stub