Ólöf Nordal

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Ólöf Nordal

Ólöf Nordal (born December 3, 1966 in Reykjavík ; † February 8, 2017 there ) was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party and from December 2014 to early January 2017 Iceland's Interior Minister .

Ólöf Nordal was a lawyer and also had an MBA from Reykjavík University . She has been Deputy Chairwoman of the Independence Party since 2015, having held this post from 2010 to 2013.

She was initially a member of the Icelandic parliament Althing from 2007 to 2013 . From 2007 to 2009 she represented the North-Eastern constituency , and since 2009 the Reykjavík-South constituency . On December 4, 2014, she was appointed Minister of the Interior in the Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson cabinet, succeeding the resigned Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir . She was re-elected to the Althing in the 2016 general election.

She died of cancer at the age of 50.

Ólöf Nordal's name was found in the Panama Papers .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Æviágrip: Ólöf Nordal ( Icelandic ) Althing . October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir: Ólöf Nordal Iceland's New Interior Minister ( English ) In: Iceland Review . December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Hulda Hólmkelsdóttir: Ólöf Nordal er látin ( Icelandic ) In: Vísir . February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Jon Henley: Icelandic opposition goes ahead with no confidence vote as new PM confirmed . In: The Guardian , April 7, 2016. 
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Ólöf Nordal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic Independence Party politician and Minister of the Interior of Iceland
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2017
Place of death Reykjavík