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Katrín Jakobsdóttir
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Person

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

b. 1976

28th Prime Minister of Iceland

Born
1 Feb 1976 · Reykjavík
Part ofIceland972 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 57 years
  1. 1 Feb 1976BornBorn in Reykjavík
  2. 2007 – 2009RoleMember of the 2007-2009 Parliament of Iceland
  3. 2009RoleMinister of Education
  4. 2009 – 2013RoleMember of the 2009-2013 Parliament of Iceland
  5. 2009 – 2013RoleMinister for Nordic Cooperation
  6. 2009 – 2013RoleMinister of Education, Science and Culture
  7. 2013 – 2016RoleMember of the 2013-2016 Parliament of Iceland
  8. 2016RoleMember of the 2016-2017 Parliament of Iceland
  9. 2017 – 2018RoleRepresentative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  10. 2017RoleMember of the 2017–2021 Parliament of Iceland
  11. 2017 – 2024RolePrime Minister of Iceland
  12. 2021RoleMember of the 2021– Parliament of Iceland

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1976 – today).

  1. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  3. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  4. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  5. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  6. 1985Schengen Agreement
  7. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  8. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  9. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  11. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  13. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  18. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  19. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  20. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  21. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  22. 20112011 Norway attacks
  23. 2011Libyan civil war
  24. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  25. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  26. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2015Paris Agreement
  29. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  31. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  32. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  33. 2023Gaza war
  34. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  35. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Icelandic: [ˈkʰaːtʰrin ˈjaːkʰɔpsˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 1 February 1976) is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from December 2017 to April 2024, and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 2024.

A graduate of the University of Iceland, she became deputy chairperson of the Left-Green Movement in 2003, and served as their chairperson from 2013 until her presidential bid in 2024. Katrín was Iceland's minister of education, science, and culture, and of Nordic cooperation from 2 February 2009 to 23 May 2013. She was Iceland's second female prime minister, after Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir held the office from 2009 to 2013. On 19 February 2020, she was named Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders. In April 2024, she left her position as prime minister, to run for president of Iceland in the 2024 presidential election. She finished in second place, with 25.1% of the popular vote.

Katrín is known as one of the most popular politicians in Icelandic history, with 59% of people naming her as the most trustworthy politician in a 2015 poll. During her time as prime minister, she had the highest approval ratings for a prime minister in Iceland.

Text from the Wikipedia article Katrín Jakobsdóttir, CC BY-SA 4.0

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