Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigurlín Margrét.

Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir (born 23 April 1964) is the first deaf person to be a member of Alþingi (Iceland's parliament), on 1 October 2003 as a then-member of the Icelandic Liberal Party, serving for three months as a replacement for Gunnar Örlygsson while he served a sentence for fishery violations.[1]

In 2007 she left the Liberal Party along with several other members to join the Icelandic Movement – Living Country.

References

  1. ^ "Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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