Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Icelandic politician, 4th President of Iceland
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Born 1930 · age 96
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She was the first woman in the world elected president of a country. Iceland chose her in 1980, and kept her for sixteen years — the longest unbroken run of any elected female head of state in history.
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was born in April 1930 and worked as a theatre director before entering politics. In 1980 she became Iceland's fourth president and the world's first democratically elected woman to hold the office. She served until 1996, a sixteen-year span that made her the longest-serving elected female head of state on record. After leaving office she became a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and joined the Club of Madrid.
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