Sigrún Magnúsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigrún.
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
In office
31 December 2014 – 11 January 2017
Prime MinisterSigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded bySigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Succeeded byBjört Ólafsdóttir
Personal details
Born (1944-06-15) 15 June 1944 (age 80)
Political partyProgressive Party

Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (born 15 June 1944) is an Icelandic politician and a former cabinet member. She represented the Reykjavík North Constituency in the Althingi from 2013 until 2016.

Minister for the Environment

At the end of 2014 she was appointed Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. The post had previously been held by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (who combined it with Fisheries and Agriculture). It was reassigned in the third reshuffle of the Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.

Following the 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election (in which she did not stand) a new government was formed. In January 2017 she was succeeded as environment minister by Björt Ólafsdóttir in the Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson.

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