Gay Premier
Feb 01, 2009
This is Johanna Sigurdardottir. She was sworn in as Iceland's prime minister today, making her the world's first openly gay premier and the first female ever to assume the post in Iceland. Sigurdardottir, 66, took office less than a week after the Cabinet resigned amid fallout from Iceland's financial collapse. A former flight attendant (!) who entered politics via the union movement, Sigurdardottir was minister of social affairs and social security in the outgoing Cabinet, which resigned Monday. Iceland has been in political turmoil since October, when its currency, stock market and leading banks collapsed amid the global financial crisis.
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