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Iceland Elects Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as President

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Halla Tomasdottir has been elected as Iceland's second female president, winning 34.3-34.6% of the vote in the presidential election. According to reports, she defeated former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdotter with 25.2-24.8% of the vote. The final results showed that Tomasdottir won the election on June 2nd, with a margin of around 9-10 percentage points over her closest competitor. Notably, all three top finishers in the election were women. As president, Tomasdottir will hold a largely ceremonial role, although she does have the power to veto legislation or submit it to a national referendum.

  1. Halla Tomasdottir
    RUV
    1. I feel incredibly good. I know it's not over until it's over. So I'm also just trying to stay calm and breathe.
  2. Katrín Jakobsdottir
    Left Green Movement
    1. It seems to me that Halla Tomasdottir is quickly heading towards becoming the next president of Iceland. I congratulate her on that and know that she will be a good president.

sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.Al Jazeera

perspectives

  1. 1.Election

countries

  1. 1.IrelandIE
  2. 2.IcelandIS

organizations

  1. 1.Audur Capital
  2. 2.Left Green Movement

persons

  1. 1.Halla Tomasdottir
  2. 2.Vigdis Finnbogadottir
  3. 3.Guðni Th Jóhannesson
  4. 4.Katrín Jakobsdottir
  5. 5.Halla Hrund Logadottir
  6. 6.Johanna Sigurdardottir
  7. 7.Richard BransonGB

technicals

  1. 1.Arctic
Iceland Elects Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as President