Katrín Jakobsdóttir
| Katrín Jakobsdóttir | |
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| Chair of the Left-Green Movement | |
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Assumed office 24 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon |
| Minister of Education, Science and Culture | |
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In office 2 February 2009 – 23 May 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Preceded by | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir |
| Succeeded by | Illugi Gunnarsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 February 1976 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Left-Green Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Gunnar Örn Sigvaldason |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Katrín Jakobsdóttir (pronounced [ˈkʰaːtʰrin ˈjaːkʰɔpstouhtɪr]) (born 1 February 1976 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician and a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) 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. Katrín was Iceland's Minister of Education, Science and Culture. from 2 February 2009 to 23 May 2013, and Minister of Nordic Co-operation 2009-2013.
Katrín graduated from the University of Iceland in 1999 with a bachelor degree with a major in Icelandic and minor in French. She received her M.A. in Icelandic Literature from the same university in 2004 for a dissertation on the work of popular Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason.
She worked part-time as a language adviser at the news agency at public broadcaster RÚV 1999-2003. She then freelanced for broadcast media and wrote for a variety of print media from 2004 to 2006, as well as being an instructor in lifelong learning and leisure at the Mímir School 2004-2007. She did editorial work for the publishing company Edda and magazine JPV from 2005 to 2006 and was at Lecturer at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík University and Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík from 2006 to 2007.
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