LONDON: Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has gained Iceland‘s presidential , topping a crowded subject of candidates by which the highest three finishers had been girls, the nation’s nationwide broadcast service reported.
Tomasdottir was elected to the largely ceremonial submit with 34.3 per cent of the vote, defeating former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, with 25.2 per cent , and Halla Hrund Logadottir, with 15.5 per cent , RUV mentioned Sunday.
Tomasdottir, 55, campaigned as somebody who was above social gathering politics and will assist open discussions on elementary points such because the impact of social media on the psychological well being of younger individuals, Iceland’s growth as a vacationer vacation spot and the function of synthetic intelligence.
She is going to change President Gudni Th. Johannesson, who didn’t search re-election after two four-year phrases. Tomasdottir will take workplace on Aug. 1.
Iceland, a Nordic island nation positioned within the North Atlantic, has about 384,000 individuals and an extended custom of electing girls to excessive workplace. Vigdis Finbogadottir was the primary democratically elected feminine president of any nation when she grew to become Iceland’s head of state in 1980.
The nation has additionally seen two girls function prime minister lately, offering stability throughout years of political turmoil. Johanna Sigurdardottir led the federal government from 2009-2013, after the worldwide monetary disaster ravaged Iceland’s financial system. Jakobsdottir grew to become prime minister in 2017, main a broad coalition that ended the cycle of crises that had triggered three elections in 4 years. She resigned in April to run for president.
Tomasdottir first rose to prominence throughout the monetary disaster, when she was hailed because the co-founder of Audur Capital, one of many few Icelandic funding companies that survived the upheaval. She is at present on go away as chief government of the B Crew, a non-profit group that works to advertise office range and has places of work in New York and London.
Tomasdottir was elected to the largely ceremonial submit with 34.3 per cent of the vote, defeating former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, with 25.2 per cent , and Halla Hrund Logadottir, with 15.5 per cent , RUV mentioned Sunday.
Tomasdottir, 55, campaigned as somebody who was above social gathering politics and will assist open discussions on elementary points such because the impact of social media on the psychological well being of younger individuals, Iceland’s growth as a vacationer vacation spot and the function of synthetic intelligence.
She is going to change President Gudni Th. Johannesson, who didn’t search re-election after two four-year phrases. Tomasdottir will take workplace on Aug. 1.
Iceland, a Nordic island nation positioned within the North Atlantic, has about 384,000 individuals and an extended custom of electing girls to excessive workplace. Vigdis Finbogadottir was the primary democratically elected feminine president of any nation when she grew to become Iceland’s head of state in 1980.
The nation has additionally seen two girls function prime minister lately, offering stability throughout years of political turmoil. Johanna Sigurdardottir led the federal government from 2009-2013, after the worldwide monetary disaster ravaged Iceland’s financial system. Jakobsdottir grew to become prime minister in 2017, main a broad coalition that ended the cycle of crises that had triggered three elections in 4 years. She resigned in April to run for president.
Tomasdottir first rose to prominence throughout the monetary disaster, when she was hailed because the co-founder of Audur Capital, one of many few Icelandic funding companies that survived the upheaval. She is at present on go away as chief government of the B Crew, a non-profit group that works to advertise office range and has places of work in New York and London.
