Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir

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Lilja Alfreðsdóttir
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 November 2017
Prime Minister	Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded by	Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Deputy Chair of the Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 October 2016
Leader	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded by	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 April 2016 – 11 January 2017
Prime Minister	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Preceded by	Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Succeeded by	Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-04) 4 October 1973 (age 47) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Progressive
Spouse(s)	Magnús Óskar Hafsteinsson
Children	2

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (born 4 October 1973) is an Icelandic politician, the Icelandic Minister of Education, Science and Culture since November 2017 and a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Reykjavík South constituency since 2016.^[1]

She has worked for the International Monetary Fund, the Icelandic Central Bank and was an economic advisor to Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson during his time as prime minister. Lilja was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sigurður Ingi Jóhannson's cabinet from 2016 to 2017, and has been the deputy chairperson of the Progressive Party since 2016.

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