Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé
Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé (born December 19, 1972 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic journalist and politician ( left-green movement ).
Life
Kolbeinn is a descendant of Althing deputy Ólafur Proppé (1886-1949) and cousin of the musician Óttarr Proppé , who also belonged to the Althing from 2013 to 2017. He studied history and Icelandic at the University of Iceland ( BA 1998). Kolbeinn worked, among other things, as a freelance historian and translator as well as for several years as a journalist for the daily newspaper Fréttablaðið and has authored several non-fiction books for young people.
In the parliamentary elections on October 29, 2016 , Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé was elected as a candidate of the left-green movement for the constituency of Reykjavík South in the Icelandic parliament Althing. He was re-elected in the early parliamentary elections on October 28, 2017 . As of April 2019, he is a member of the parliamentary constitutional and supervisory committee and the committee for commercial affairs. He has been a member of the Icelandic delegation to the Nordic Council since 2017 .
Web links
- Profile on the website of the Icelandic Parliament (isl.)
- Brief profile on the website of the Icelandic Parliament (Engl.)
Remarks
- ↑ a b c d e Æviágrip: Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé ( Icelandic ) Alþingi. May 8, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Æviágrip: Ólafur Proppé ( Icelandic ) Alþingi. March 2, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Æviágrip: Óttarr Proppé ( Icelandic ) Alþingi. November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Icelandic union catalog leitir.is . Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Tilkynning um úrslit kosninga til Alþingis October 28, 2017 og úthlutun þingsæta ( Icelandic ) Landskjörstjórn. November 8, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
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SURNAME | Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic journalist and politician (left-green movement) |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reykjavík |