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Ásmundur Einar Daðason

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ásmundur.
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
Minister of Social Affairs and Children
Assumed office
30 November 2017
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded byÞorsteinn Víglundsson
Personal details
Born (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 41)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyProgressive Party
SpouseSunna Birna Helgadóttir
Alma materAgricultural University of Iceland

Ásmundur Einar Daðason (born 29 October 1982) is an Icelandic politician. He was a member of the Althing for the Northwest Constituency from 2009 to 2016 – first for the Left-Green Movement (VG), later for the centrist Progressive Party.[1] He returned to the Althing in 2017. He has also been the leader of the organisation Heimssýn, which gathers Iceland’s EU opponents.[2] On November 30, 2017, he became Minister of Social Affairs and Equality.[3] On December 31, 2018, he changed the ministerial title to reflect his focus on children's rights and became Minister of Social Affairs and Children, the first minister for children in Iceland.

References

  1. ^ "Ásmundur Einar Daðason". Alþingi. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/artikler/portrett/portrait-2018/article.2018-02-07.1627737317
  3. ^ https://www.government.is/government/

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Social Affairs and Children
2017 – present


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