Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Katrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician serving as the 28th and current Prime Minister of Iceland since 2017. She is Iceland’s second female prime minister, after Jóhanna Sigurðardowttir. She has been a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency since 2007.

About Katrín Jakobsdóttir in brief

Summary Katrín JakobsdóttirKatrín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician serving as the 28th and current Prime Minister of Iceland since 2017. Katrín was Iceland’s Minister of Education, Science and Culture and of Nordic Co-operation from 2 February 2009 to 23 May 2013. She has been a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency since 2007. She became deputy chairperson of the Left-Green Movement in 2003 and has been their chairperson since 2013.

On 19 February 2020, she was named Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders. She is Iceland’s second female prime minister, after Jóhanna Sigurðardowttir. She hails from a family which has produced many prominent people in Icelandic politics, academia and literature.