Dorrit Moussaieff
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Dorrit Moussaieff (born January 12, 1950 in Jerusalem ) is an Israeli - Icelandic businesswoman. She has been the wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , the President of Iceland from 1996 to 2016 , since 2003 .
Career
The daughter of Shlomo Moussaieff, a jeweler from Bukhara in Uzbekistan, and of Alisa with Austrian-Jewish roots, grew up in the Bucharian quarter of Jerusalem. When she was thirteen, the family moved to London . Moussaieff suffered from a reading and spelling disorder and was therefore taught at home. She learned the English , Hebrew , German , French and Icelandic languages. In her parents' business, she completed an apprenticeship as a jeweler. She was also involved in the planning of an office building in Canary Wharf , a tourism project in Northern Cyprus , and published columns in the British society magazine Tatler . Her first marriage to Neil Zarach was divorced.
On May 14, 2003, after three years of acquaintance, she married the then Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson . She received Icelandic citizenship in July 2006. In 2016 it was brought into connection with the Panama Papers .
Awards (selection)
- Commander with Grand Cross of the North Star Order , Kingdom of Sweden
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Buckard: A woman like a volcano. In: Jüdische Allgemeine. August 21, 2012, accessed October 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Dorrit verður Íslendingur ( Icelandic ) In: visir.is . July 25, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ↑ Simon Bowers: Iceland president's wife linked to offshore tax havens in leaked files. In: The Guardian. May 2, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2019 (eng).
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| SURNAME | Moussaieff, Dorrit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic jeweler and former First Lady of Iceland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |