Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Minister for the Environment
In office 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Jónína Bjartmarz
Succeeded by	Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Personal details
Born	(1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Women's List Social Democratic Alliance
Children	One daughter (b. 1982)
Alma mater	University of Iceland Johns Hopkins University

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir^[1] (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 2009. She was a been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2011, first elected as a member of Women's List, then the Social Democratic Alliance.

References

"Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir". althingi.is. Retrieved 15 May 2009.

↑ Þ is the letter thorn, which in Icelandic represents a voiceless dental fricative, as in th in the English word "thick."

Political offices
Preceded by Jónína Bjartmarz	Minister for the Environment 2007–2009	Succeeded by Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Members of the Althing
As of 29 October 2016
Northeast Constituency	Kristján Þór Júlíusson Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson Þórunn Egilsdóttir Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir Einar Brynjolfsson Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir Logi Már Einarsson Benedikt Jóhannesson
Northwest Constituency	Haraldur Benediktsson Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir Þórdís Kolbrún Gylfadóttir Eva Pandora Baldursdóttir Elsa Lara Arnardóttir Teitur Björn Einarsson Guðjón S. Brjánsson
Reykjavik Constituency North	Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Katrín Jakobsdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir Thorsteinn Víglundsson Steinunn Thora Árnadóttir Björn Leví Gunnarsson Birgir Ármannsson Björt Ólafsdóttir Andrés Ingi Jónsson Halldóra Mogensen
Reykjavik Constituency South	Ólöf Nordal Svandís Svavarsdóttir Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir Brynjar Níelsson Hanna Katrín Friðriksson Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson Sigríður Andersen Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir Nichole Leigh Mosty Pawel Bartoszek
South Constituency	Páll Magnússon Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Ásmundur Friðriksson Smári McCarthy Vilhjálmur Árnason Ari Trausti Guðmundsson Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir Oddný G. Harðardóttir
Southwest Constituency	Bjarni Benediktsson Bryndís Haraldsdóttir Jón Þór Ólafsson Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir Jón Gunnarsson Óttarr Proppé Óli Björn Kárason Eygló Harðardóttir Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir Vilhjálmur Bjarnason Theodóra S. Þorsteinsdóttir Jón Steindór Valdimarsson

Second cabinet of Geir Haarde
Ministers	Árni Mathiesen Björgvin G. Sigurðsson Björn Bjarnason Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson Geir Haarde Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Kristján L. Möller Össur Skarphéðinsson Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

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