Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir | |
|---|---|
| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Preceded by | Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir |
| Succeeded by | Svandís Svavarsdóttir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1955 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Left-Green Movement |
| Spouse | Ágúst Pétursson |
| Children | Two children |
Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir (born 31 July 1955) is the chairman of BHM, the confederation of university graduates in Iceland. She is a former politician with the Left-Green Movement. She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for Reykjavík constituencies from 1999. She was not re-elected in 2009. Halldórsdóttir was Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, in 2009. She has been s President of ECA – European Council of Artists (2011).
Supporting prisoner artists
Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir, as the president of ECA, joined the biggest international campaign Freemuse for the release of Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian and his brother, film-maker Hossein Rajabian; he was signed by the following of the ARJ group.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced". Freemuse. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017.
- ^ "ARJ carries an International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran".
- Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir, Secretariat of Althingi, retrieved 1 February 2009
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