Sigrún Magnúsdóttir
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir | |
|---|---|
| Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources | |
| In office 31 December 2014 – 11 January 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| Preceded by | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| Succeeded by | Björt Ólafsdóttir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1944 |
| Political party | Progressive Party |
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (born 15 June 1944) is an Icelandic politician. She represented the
Althingi
from 2013 until 2016.
Minister for the Environment
At the end of 2014 she was appointed Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. The post had previously been held by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (who combined it with Fisheries and Agriculture). It was reassigned in the third reshuffle of the Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.
Following the 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election (in which she did not stand) a new government was formed. In January 2017 she was succeeded as environment minister by Björt Ólafsdóttir in the Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson.
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