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Halla Hrund Logadóttir (43) Director of Energy Affairs at Orkustofnun (since 2021) Director of Energy Affairs at the Icelandic Energy Agency, the first woman to hold the position. Also an adjunct professor at Harvard University in the United States. [17] Halla Tómasdóttir (55) None: Businessperson who has been CEO of The B Team since 2018.
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]
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 ...
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.
The National Electoral Commission is the electoral commission of Iceland. It plays an important role in the preparation and execution of elections to Althing , the Parliament of Iceland. In addition it is responsible for apportioning seats to each constituency as decreed by law.
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 ...
The legislation concerning elections mandated that the National Electoral Commission had to draft persons to observe the electoral process. The Supreme Court stated that since there had been doubt as to how to interpret 13-15% of the votes during the election, such observers had been of special importance to guard the rights of the candidates.
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. [3]