Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Katrín Jakobsdóttir served as the prime minister of Iceland (2017–2024) and led a three-party government.

She was a member of the Icelandic parliament from 2007 to 2024. She served as Iceland's minister of education, science, and culture, and of Nordic cooperation from 2009 to 2013. She served as the chair of the Left-Green Movement from 2013 to 2024 and as a vice-chair of that party from 2003. Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir‘s coalition government continued Iceland’s groundbreaking approach to addressing systemic gender inequality. Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir’s government was also at the forefront of climate change policy and committed to make Iceland carbon-neutral before 2040. She also led the work on Iceland´s first policy on artificial intelligence that was published in 2021. Before entering politics she studied Icelandic literature, worked as literary critic, teacher and in a publishing house. She has co-written two crime novels. She now works as Senior emissary and chair of the Polar Dialogue at the Arctic Circle, serves as the Chair of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, lectures on various topics and works as an independent consultant. She is also chair of the Reykjavík Arts Festival, chair of the Center of Equal Opportunites at the Business faculty at the University of Iceland and a member on the board of University of Iceland. She is a senior advisor to the Reykjavík Global Forum and a member of the global advisory board of the Forum.