Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Icelandic politician
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Born 1942 · age 84
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She took office as Iceland's prime minister in February 2009 — weeks after the banks collapsed and protesters forced out the government — becoming the world's first openly LGBTQ head of state and the first woman to lead Iceland.
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir entered Iceland's parliament in 1978, representing Reykjavík constituencies for the next 35 years. She served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1987 to 1994 and again from 2007 to 2009. When she lost a 1994 bid to lead the Social Democratic Party, she raised her fist and declared "Minn tími mun koma!" — "My time will come!" — a phrase that entered the language. She left to form her own party, National Awakening, which won 7.1% in 1995 before folding back into the Social Democrats by 2000. The 2008 financial crisis brought her moment: she became prime minister on 1 Febru…
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