Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir (born 31 July 1955) is an Icelandic politician with the Left-Green Movement. She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for Reykjavík constituencies from 1999. She didn't get re-elected in 2009. She was Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, in 2009. She is President of ECA – European Council of Artists (2011).

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Minister for the Environment
In office
1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009
Prime MinisterJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded byÞórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Succeeded bySvandís Svavarsdóttir
Personal details
Born (1955-07-31) 31 July 1955 (age 68)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyLeft-Green Movement
SpouseÁgúst Pétursson
ChildrenTwo children

Supporting prisoner artists edit

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir, as the president of ECA, joint to Biggest International campaign Freemuse for Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian and his brother, film-maker Hossein Rajabian; he was signed by the following of the ARJ group.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced". Freemuse. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017.
  2. ^ "ARJ carries an International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran".

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for the Environment Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Nordic Cooperation Incumbent