Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

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Valgerður Sverrisdóttir
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Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (born March 23, 1950) is an Icelandic politician. She has been Member of Parliament for the Progressive Party for the Northeast constituency since 1987 and was Chairman of the Progressive Party parliamentary group from 1995 to 1999, Minister of Industry and Commerce from 1999 to 2006, and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2004 to 2005.[1] She was Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 15, 2006 to May 24, 2007.[2] She has been a member of the Progressive Party's central committee since 1983.

[edit] Note on pronunciation

ð is the letter edh, which in Icelandic represents a voiced dental fricative, as in th in the English word "them."

[edit] References

  1. ^ CV at Althing website.
  2. ^ List of former foreign ministers of Iceland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Preceded by
Geir H. Haarde		 Foreign Minister of Iceland
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir

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