Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þórdís.
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir (born 4 November 1987) is an Icelandic lawyer[1] and politician of the Independence Party who has served as the minister of foreign affairs since 2024, having previously done so between 2021 and 2023. She also served as finance minister between 2023 and 2024.
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Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir | |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 9 April 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson |
Preceded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
In office 28 November 2021 – 14 October 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
Preceded by | Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson |
Succeeded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs | |
In office 14 October 2023 – 9 April 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
Preceded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
Succeeded by | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation | |
In office 11 January 2017 – 28 November 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
Preceded by | Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir (Minister of Industry and Commerce) |
Succeeded by | Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir (Minister of Science, Industry and Innovation) |
President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe | |
In office 24 November 2022 – 17 May 2023 | |
Preceded by | Simon Coveney |
Succeeded by | Edgars Rinkēvičs |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 14 March 2019 – 5 September 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
Preceded by | Sigríður Á. Andersen |
Succeeded by | Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir |
Personal details | |
Born | (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 36) Akranes, Iceland |
Political party | Independence Party |
Spouse | Hjalti Sigvaldason Mogensen |
Alma mater | Reykjavík University |
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