Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Explained

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Order:Minister for the Environment
Primeminister:Geir Haarde
Term Start:24 May 2007
Term End:1 February 2009
Predecessor:Jónína Bjartmarz
Successor:Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Birth Date:22 November 1965
Birth Place:Reykjavík, Iceland
Children:One daughter (b. 2002)
Alma Mater:University of Iceland
Johns Hopkins University
Party:Women's List
Social Democratic Alliance

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir[1] (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 2009. She was member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2011, first elected as a member of Women's List, then the Social Democratic Alliance.

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