Álfheiður Ingadóttir

Álfheiður Ingadóttir (born 1 May 1951)[1][2] is an Icelandic politician, a former member of the Althing for the Left-Green Movement, Deputy Speaker, and Minister of Health.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Álfheiður.
Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Minister of Health
In office
1 October 2009 – 2 September 2010
Prime MinisterJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded byÖgmundur Jónasson
Succeeded byGuðbjartur Hannesson
Personal details
Born (1951-05-01) 1 May 1951
Political partyLeft-Green Movement
Spouse(s)Sigurmar Kristján Albertsson
Children1

Early life and education

Álfheiður was born in Rekjavík; her parents were Ingi R. Helgason, a lawyer of the Icelandic Supreme Court, and Ása Guðmundsdóttir. She was educated at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík and earned a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Iceland in 1975, then studied German language and media at the Free University of Berlin in 1976–1977.[3][4]

Career

After teaching biology while a student, Álfheiður began her post-graduate career as a journalist at Þjóðviljinn, where she worked until 1987 and rose to news director. She then became manager of a salmon farm in Straumsvík. From 1989 to 1991 she worked on patent and trademark applications, and then returned to journalism free-lance until 1996. 1987–1989. Worked on patent applications and trademark registration 1989–1991. Freelance journalist 1991–1996. In 1994–1995 she was also the information officer of the Samtök um kvennaathvarf, a federation of women's shelters, and secretary general of the conference on women's shelters in the Nordic countries that was held in Iceland in November 1995.[3]

She was director of publishing for the Icelandic Institute of Natural History from 1996 to 2007 and editor of Náttúrufræðingurinn, the magazine of the Icelandic Natural History Society, from 1996 to 2006.[1][3]

Political career

Álfheiður was elected as a Member of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing, for the Reykjavík South constituency in 2007 and for the Reykjavík North constituency in 2009.[2][3][4] She was Deputy Speaker of the Althing in 2009 and 2010–2012.[2][3] Since losing her seat in the 2013 election,[5] she has continued to serve as a deputy member for her party.[6][7]

She served as Minister of Health from October 2009 to September 2010.[2][4][8][9]

She played a role in the founding of the Left-Green Movement in 1998[1] and was vice-chairman of its parliamentary group in 2009–2010 and 2011–2012, and chairman from 2012 to 2013.[2]

Personal life

She is married to Sigurmar Kristján Albertsson, a lawyer of the Icelandic Supreme Court; they have a son.[1][3]

Political offices
Preceded by
Ögmundur Jónasson		 Minister of Health
1 October 2009 – 2 September 2010		 Succeeded by
Guðbjartur Hannesson

References
  1. "Álfheiður Ingadóttir" (in Icelandic). Left-Green Movement. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007.
  2. "Álfheiður Ingadóttir". Alþingi. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Álfheiður Ingadóttir: Æviágrip" (in Icelandic). Alþingi. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. "Álfheiður Ingadóttir nýr heilbrigðisráðherra" (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. 1 October 2009.
  5. Ingvar P. Guðbjörnsson (28 April 2013). "'Þannig er bara lífið í pólitík'". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  6. "Álfheiður Ingadóttir á þing". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 May 2017.
  7. "Vill rannsóknarnefnd vegna myglu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 April 2019.
  8. Sigurð Boga Sævarsson (1 October 2009). "Álfheiður verður heilbrigðisráðherra". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  9. "Guðbjartur Hannesson nýr heilbrigðisráðherra" (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. 2 September 2010.



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