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...This will be a welfare administration," Sigur??ardóttir announced at a press conference on Wednesday during a meeting between the parties of the new coalition government to decide their new platform. Sigur??ardóttir also announced that the government's first task is to replace the central bank's directors...
When Barack Obama was sworn in as the new U.S. President last week, Americans made much of the fact that he was the country's first black Commander in Chief. On Saturday, when Jóhanna Sigur??ardóttir takes over as Prime Minister of the small (pop. 320,000) nation of Iceland, she will become the world's first openly gay female head of government - and Icelanders are hardly batting...
...Perhaps it's because they have more serious matters to worry about. Sigur??ardóttir's appointment comes at a watershed time for Iceland. The country's economy has been hammered by the global downturn, its banks have been nationalized, and violent street protests have just led to the resignation of the previous government. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...After the sudden collapse of the conservative-led coalition government on Jan. 26, the new coalition of Social Democrats and Left-Greens named Sigur??ardóttir as leader of the new government until the parliamentary elections expected in the spring. Talks are under way to decide whether the matter of the E.U. application will be put to a referendum at the same vote. Sigur??ardóttir replaces Geir H. Haarde, who resigned as Prime Minister under mounting public outrage over the government's handling of the country's economic meltdown last autumn. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...current government. It remains unclear whether parliament will be dissolved, or if elections will be held immediately. Another possibility is a national government with all parties participating until the May election. If the Social Democrats take control, even temporarily, they are likely to be led by Jóhanna Sigur??ardóttir, who would become Iceland's first female prime minister and the first openly gay prime minister in Europe...