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Eygló Harðardóttir

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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 Eygló.
Eygló Harðardóttir
Minister for Social Affairs and Housing
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2013
Prime MinisterSigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Preceded byGuðbjartur Hannesson
Personal details
Born (1972-12-12) 12 December 1972 (age 51)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyProgressive Party
Alma materUniversity of Stockholm
University of Iceland

Eygló Harðardóttir (born 12 December 1972) is an Icelandic politician. Since May 23, 2013, she is Minister of Social Affairs and Housing.[1] She has a degree of Art from the University of Stockholm and has studied economics at the University of Iceland. She became active in local politics 2003, for Framsóknarflokkurinn, an agrarian and centre-right party. 2008 she was elected as a representative to the Althing, the Icelandic parliament.[2]

References

  1. ^ [1] New Icelandic Government takes office
  2. ^ [2] Nordic Labour Journal, May 18, 2013: Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs: The importance of writing off debts


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  1. ^ "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic).
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