Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Kristrún Frostadóttir |
| Preceded by | Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir |
| Leader of Viðreisn | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Benedikt Jóhannesson |
| Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | |
| In office 11 January 2017 – 30 November 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson |
| Succeeded by | Kristján Þór Júlíusson |
| Minister of Education, Science, and Culture | |
| In office 31 December 2003 – 1 February 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Tómas Ingi Olrich |
| Succeeded by | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Member of the Althing | |
| Assumed office 29 October 2016 | |
| Constituency | Southwest |
| In office 8 May 1999 – 27 April 2013 | |
| Constituency | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland |
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| Spouse | Kristján Arason |
| Children | 3, including Gísli |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 4 October 1965) is an Icelandic politician, who has been chairwoman of Viðreisn since 2017.
Þorgerður was deputy chairwoman of the Independence Party from 2005 to 2010. She was the Minister of Education, Science and Culture from 31 December 2003 to 1 February 2009. From 2006, Þorgerður served as acting Prime Minister in the absence of Geir Haarde, including during his 2009 cancer treatment. She left the Independence Party in 2016 and joined the newly founded Viðreisn and became its chairman the following year. She was Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in 2017.