Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir facts for kids

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir MP
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir MP
Prime Minister of Iceland
	In office; 1 February 2009 – 23 May 2013
President	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Preceded by	Geir Haarde
Succeeded by	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security
	In office; 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Magnús Stefánsson (Social Affairs); Siv Friðleifsdóttir (Health and Social Security)
Succeeded by	Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir
	In office; 8 July 1987 – 24 June 1994
Prime Minister	Þorsteinn Pálsson; Steingrímur Hermannsson; Davíð Oddsson
Preceded by	Alexander Stefánsson
Succeeded by	Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson
Personal details
Born	4 October 1942 (age 77); Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1978–1994); National Movement (1994–2000); Social Democratic Alliance (2000–present)
Spouse(s)	Þorvaldur Steinar Jóhannesson (1970-2002?); Jónína Leósdóttir (2002-present)
Children	Two sons (b. 1972 and 1977); One stepson (b. 1981)
Profession	Flight attendant; Trade Unionist

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic or matronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name "Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir".

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pronounced jouːhanːa ˈsɪːɣʏrðartouʰtɪr), (born 4 October 1942) is a former Icelandic politician and the former Prime Minister of Iceland. She has been a politician for many years. She was Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security from 1987–1994 and 2007–2009. She has been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for Reykjavík constituencies since 1978. She has been re-elected eight times. She became Iceland's first female Prime Minister on 1 February 2009, the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era.

Jóhanna is a social democrat and Iceland's longest-serving member of Parliament. In the 1990s, when she lost a bid to head the party, she lifted her fist and declared "Minn tími mun koma!" -- "My time will come!"—a phrase that became a popular Icelandic expression.

Images for kids

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (second from right) and Jónína Leósdóttir (left), on an official visit to Slovenia