Sigurdardóttir Elected to be Iceland's PM

Three months ago I was very pleased with the news that Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir, a social democrat, had been tapped to become Prime Minister of Iceland following the collapse of the previous government over Iceland's severe financial crisis.

Sigurdardóttir formed a coalition government with the Left Green Party (as best I can piece together). Scanty reports that I've tripped over suggest that the new government has been doing a very good job of putting the country back together after the ruinous policies implemented by the previous government, headed by the conservative Independents party.

This past weekend Iceland had a general election and the coalition of Social Democrats and Left Green parties were handily returned to power in what is seen as a stern repudiation of the failed policies of the Independents. (More background on Sigurdardóttir from Queerty, "Iceland Elects World's First Openly Gay Leader", 27 April 2009.)

I like this photograph of Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir (left) and Left Green Party Education Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir (right) as they watch election returns. Photo credit: (AFP/Olivier Morin); my source.

Posted on April 30, 2009 at 21.38 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity

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  1. Written by Bill Morrison
    on Friday, 1 May 2009 at 10.18
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    That, I suppose, is what joy and rapture unbounding looks like in Iceland.

  2. Written by jns
    on Friday, 1 May 2009 at 12.01
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    I hadn't realized before the great similarities between Iceland and Canada!

  3. Written by Bill Morrison
    on Friday, 1 May 2009 at 15.23
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    LOL. But surely you mean Sweden, not Canada!

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