Citizens' Party (1987-1994)
The Citizens' Party (Isl. Borgaraflokkurinn ) was a party in Iceland that existed from 1987 to 1994.
When the then Finance Minister Albert Guðmundsson ( Independence Party ) was deposed by the Prime Minister in 1987 because of a scandal, he founded the right-wing populist Citizens' Party. She took part in the general election in 1987 and won seven seats in the Icelandic parliament Althing with 10.9% . From 1989 to 1991 she was involved in the government coalition led by the Progressive Party under Prime Minister Steingrímur Hermannsson .
1989 Albert Guðmundsson resigned as party leader and member of the Althing and became Icelandic ambassador to France. In the 1991 election, the citizens' party no longer played a significant role. In 1994 it finally dissolved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Grétar Thor Eythórsson, Detlef Jahn: The political system of Iceland . In: The Political Systems of Western Europe . 4th, updated and revised edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-531-16464-9 , pp. 205 .
- ↑ Christina Bergqvist et al. (Ed.): Equal democracies? Gender and politics in the nordic countries . Scandinavian University Press, Oslo 1999, ISBN 82-00-12799-0 , pp. 320 ( online at Google Books ).
- ↑ Varan creates uppreisnarafl eða stundarfyrirbrigði? In: Dagblaðið Vísir - DV . No. 95 , April 28, 1987, pp. 2 ( online at timarit.is ).
- ↑ Grétar Thor Eythórsson, Detlef Jahn: The political system of Iceland . In: The Political Systems of Western Europe . 4th, updated and revised edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-531-16464-9 , pp. 202 .
- ↑ Æviágrip: Albert Guðmundsson ( Icelandic ) Althing . January 16, 2015. Accessed June 9, 2016.