Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Politician

1976 –

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Who is Katrín Jakobsdóttir?

Katrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician and a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency since 2007. She is the leader of the Left-Green Movement and was Iceland's Minister of Education, Science and Culture. from 2 February 2009 to 23 May 2013.

Katrín graduated from the University of Iceland in 1999 with a degree in Icelandic and French. She received her M.A. from the same university in 2004 for a dissertation on the work of popular Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason.

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Born
Feb 1, 1976
Reykjavik
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Nationality
  • Iceland
Education
  • University of Iceland

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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