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{{Icelandic name|Halla}}
{{Icelandic name|Halla}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Her Excellency]]
| name = Halla Tómasdóttir
| name = Halla Tómasdóttir
| image = Halla Tómasdóttir.jpg
| image = Halla Tómasdóttir.jpg
| caption = Portrait, 2024
| office = <!-- 7th -->[[President of Iceland|President-elect of Iceland]]
| order = <!--[[President of Iceland#List|7th]]-->
| office = [[President of Iceland|President-elect of Iceland]]
| primeminister = [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)|Bjarni Benediktsson]]
| primeminister = [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)|Bjarni Benediktsson]]
| term_start = 1 August 2024
| term_start = 1 August 2024
| term_end =
| term_end =
| succeeding = [[Guðni Th. Jóhannesson]] <!-- change to "|predecessor =" on august 1 -->
| succeeding = [[Guðni Th. Jóhannesson]]
| predecessor = [[Guðni Th. Jóhannesson]]
| successor =
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|11|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|11|df=y}}
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| death_place =
| death_place =
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
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| otherparty = [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] (formerly)
| spouse = Björn Skúlason<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mbl.is/smartland/stars/2024/03/22/halla_atti_kaerasta_thegar_thau_bjorn_hittust_fyrst/ |title=Halla átti kærasta þegar þau Björn hittust fyrst |publisher=mbl.is |language=is |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405160233/https://www.mbl.is/smartland/stars/2024/03/22/halla_atti_kaerasta_thegar_thau_bjorn_hittust_fyrst/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| spouse = Björn Skúlason<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mbl.is/smartland/stars/2024/03/22/halla_atti_kaerasta_thegar_thau_bjorn_hittust_fyrst/ |title=Halla átti kærasta þegar þau Björn hittust fyrst |publisher=mbl.is |language=is |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405160233/https://www.mbl.is/smartland/stars/2024/03/22/halla_atti_kaerasta_thegar_thau_bjorn_hittust_fyrst/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| children =
| children =
| alma_mater = [[Verzló]] (1986)
| residence = <!-- TBD [[Bessastaðir]] -->
| residence = <!-- TBD [[Bessastaðir]] -->
| awards = [[Cartier Women's Initiative Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/fellow/halla-tomasdottir-kristin-petursdottir |title=Audur Capital provides financial services based on women-friendly values |publisher=Cartier Women's Initiative |date=2009 |access-date=2 June 2024 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603053709/https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/fellow/halla-tomasdottir-kristin-petursdottir |url-status=live }}</ref>
| awards = [[Cartier Women's Initiative Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/fellow/halla-tomasdottir-kristin-petursdottir |title=Audur Capital provides financial services based on women-friendly values |publisher=Cartier Women's Initiative |date=2009 |access-date=2 June 2024 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603053709/https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/fellow/halla-tomasdottir-kristin-petursdottir |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| otherparty = [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] (formerly)
}}
}}

'''Halla Tómasdóttir''' (born 11 October 1968) is the [[President of Iceland|President-elect of Iceland]], as well as a businessperson and public speaker. She is a former member of the founding team of [[Reykjavík University]] in 1998. Halla also co-founded [[Auður Capital]], an investment firm.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/17/halla_aetlar_ad_bjoda_sig_fram/ |title=Halla ætlar að bjóða sig fram |website=Morgunblaðið |language=is |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319070430/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/17/halla_aetlar_ad_bjoda_sig_fram/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She is also the chief executive of [[The B Team]], a global non-profit group of business and civil society leaders working to promote business practices focused on humanity and the climate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-02 |title=Businesswoman Tomasdottir becomes Iceland's next president |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240602-businesswoman-tomasdottir-becomes-iceland-s-next-president |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Halla Tómasdóttir''' (born 11 October 1968) is the [[President of Iceland|President-elect of Iceland]], as well as a businessperson and public speaker. She is a former member of the founding team of [[Reykjavík University]] in 1998. Halla also co-founded [[Auður Capital]], an investment firm.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/17/halla_aetlar_ad_bjoda_sig_fram/ |title=Halla ætlar að bjóða sig fram |website=Morgunblaðið |language=is |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319070430/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/17/halla_aetlar_ad_bjoda_sig_fram/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She is also the chief executive of [[The B Team]], a global non-profit group of business and civil society leaders working to promote business practices focused on humanity and the climate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-02 |title=Businesswoman Tomasdottir becomes Iceland's next president |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240602-businesswoman-tomasdottir-becomes-iceland-s-next-president |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>


Revision as of 21:22, 3 June 2024

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Halla.
Halla Tómasdóttir
File:Halla Tómasdóttir.jpg
President-elect of Iceland
Assuming office
1 August 2024
Prime MinisterBjarni Benediktsson
SucceedingGuðni Th. Jóhannesson
Personal details
Born (1968-10-11) 11 October 1968 (age 55)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Independence Party (formerly)
SpouseBjörn Skúlason[1]
AwardsCartier Women's Initiative Awards[2]

Halla Tómasdóttir (born 11 October 1968) is the President-elect of Iceland, as well as a businessperson and public speaker. She is a former member of the founding team of Reykjavík University in 1998. Halla also co-founded Auður Capital, an investment firm.[3] She is also the chief executive of The B Team, a global non-profit group of business and civil society leaders working to promote business practices focused on humanity and the climate.[4]

Halla had previously announced her candidature for the presidency of Iceland on 17 March 2016.[5] She received 27.9% of the vote, the second highest share after that of the winner, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, who received 39.1%.[6]

On 1 June 2024, Halla won the Icelandic presidential election, defeating former prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir by a roughly 10-point margin.[7] Her campaign focused on issues such as the effects of social media on the mental health of youth, tourism development, and the role of artificial intelligence.[8]

External videos
video icon Halla Tomasdottir: A feminine response to Iceland's financial crash, TED (conference), 10:17, 2010[9]
video icon It's time for women to run for office, TED (conference), 19:19, 2016[9]

References

  1. ^ "Halla átti kærasta þegar þau Björn hittust fyrst" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 22 March 2024. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Audur Capital provides financial services based on women-friendly values". Cartier Women's Initiative. 2009. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Halla ætlar að bjóða sig fram". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Businesswoman Tomasdottir becomes Iceland's next president". France 24. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  5. ^ "New presidential candidate emerges in Iceland". Morgunblaðið. Iceland. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Guðni Jóhannesson wins Iceland's presidential election". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Election week: Halla Tómasdóttir will be the president of Iceland". RÚV. Iceland. 2 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir set to become Iceland's next president". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Halla Tómasdóttir, Change catalyst". TED (conference). 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.



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