Finance entrepreneur becomes second woman to be elected head of state since independence in 1944
A feminist entrepreneur who started an investment fund with the musician Björk at the height of Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis and gave a TED talk on applying “feminine values” to finance is to become her country’s president on Thursday.
Halla Tómasdóttir won just more than 34% of the vote in elections in June, beating a crowded field that included Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who resigned as prime minister to run.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/halla-tomasdottir-to-be-sworn-in-as-icelands-seventh-president
Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
Publish date : 2024-08-01 04:00:34
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