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On 1 June 2024, Halla won the Icelandic presidential election, defeating former prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir by a roughly 10-point margin. [8] Her campaign focused on issues such as the effects of social media on the mental health of youth, tourism development, and the role of artificial intelligence. She took office on 1 August 2024. [9]
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 1 June 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announced that he would not seek a third term. [ 1 ] Entrepreneur Halla Tómasdóttir was elected as his successor, [ 3 ] and took office on 1 August.
1 August – Halla Tómasdóttir is inaugurated as President of Iceland. [8]22 August – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions: An eruption is recorded from a new fissure in the Reykjanes volcanic system.
Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women, the country's ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Halla Tomasdottir, an entrepreneur, has won Iceland's presidential election and will take over the mostly ceremonial role from incumbent Gudni Johannesson, broadcaster RUV ...
The president of Iceland (Icelandic: Forseti Íslands) is the head of state of Iceland.The incumbent is Halla Tómasdóttir, who won the 2024 presidential election. [2]The president is elected to a four-year term by popular vote, is not term-limited, and has limited powers.
This is Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy of the North Atlantic island nation and ushered in a new era of political instability. Opinion polls suggested the country could be in for another upheaval, with support for the three governing parties plunging.
The 2021 parliamentary election took place on 25 September, a month before the latest date allowed by law. The government coalition of the Left-Green Movement, the Progressive Party and the Independence Party, led by prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, had been in place since the 2017 elections. This unusual coalition of parties from the left ...