Katrín Júlíusdóttir
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Katrín Júlíusdóttir (born 23 November 1974), is a former Icelandic politician. She was elected to the Parliament of Iceland in 2003 and served as Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism from May 2009 to January 2012 and as Minister of Finance and Economy from 2012 to 2013.[1][2] In 2016 she left Politics and has since then been the Managing Director of Finance Iceland. In 2020 she received the Svartfuglinn-Award for her first Crime Novel, Sykur (en: Sugar), published by Veröld in October 2020. Katrín is married to the Icelandic author Bjarni M. Bjarnason and they have four sons.
References[]
- ^ "Government of Iceland | Organisation Chart of the Ministry of Finance". www.government.is.
- ^ Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson, "Katrín Júlíusdóttir appointed Iceland's Minister of Finance", goIceland, archived from the original on 24 September 2015, retrieved 25 August 2012
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Finance ministers of Iceland
- Members of the Althing
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