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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

1942 - Today

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjouːhana ˈsɪːɣʏrðarˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, she was appointed as Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security, serving from 1987 to 1994, and from 2007 until 2009. In 1994, when she lost a bid to head the Social Democratic Party, she raised her fist and declared "Minn tími mun koma!" ("My time will come!"), a phrase that became a popular Icelandic expression. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir has received more than 1,015,698 page views. Her biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is the 3,325th most popular politician (down from 2,449th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Politician.

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is most famous for being the first openly gay head of state in the world. She was elected Prime Minister of Iceland in 2009.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ranks 3,325 out of 19,576. Before her are Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Istakhri, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Drypetis, and Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. After her are Boris Tadić, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Stephen Bocskai, Ptahhotep, Ismail Qemali, and Otto I, Duke of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ranks 81. Before her are Vicente Fox, Maurizio Pollini, Muhammadu Buhari, Junichiro Koizumi, Peter Greenaway, and Hissène Habré. After her are John Cale, Jean-Claude Trichet, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Valeri Polyakov, George Jung, and Donna Leon.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ranks 8 out of 190. Before her are Snorri Sturluson (1179), Halldór Laxness (1902), Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Björk (1965), and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943). After her are Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), and Kristján Eldjárn (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ranks 3. Before her are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943). After her are Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), and Geir Haarde (1951).

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