Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Birgitta Jónsdóttir
  • Date of Birth: April 17th, 1967
  • Party: Pirate Party

Parliamentary career

  • Member of Althingi for the Reykjavík South Constituency 2009–2013, for the Southwest Constituency 2013–2016 and for the Reykjavík North Constituency since 2016.

Party group

  • Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Pirate Party since 2017
  • Deputy Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Pirate Party 2017.
  • Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Pirate Party 2015–2017 and 2013–2014.
  • Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Movement 2013 and 2009–2010.
  • Deputy Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Movement 2012–2013 and 2010–2011.
  • Chairman of the Pirate Party 2014–2015.
  • Chairman of the Movement 2011–2012.

Present committees

  • Member of the Judicial Affairs and Education Committee since 2017 and 2011–2013.
  • Member of the Icelandic delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) since 2017 and 2013–2016.

Previous committees

  • Member of the Constitutional and Supervisory Committee 2017 and 2013–2016 (2nd Deputy Chairman 2013–2016).
  • Member of the Special Committee on the Standing Orders of Althingi 2015–2016, and 2011–2013.
  • Member of the EU-Iceland joint Parliamentary Committee 2010–2016.
  • Member of the Environment and Communications Committee 2013.
  • Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee 2009–2011.
  • Observer in the Foreign Affairs Committee 2011–2015.
  • Member of the Environment Committee 2009–2011.
  • Member of the Parliamentary Review Committee on the SIC report 2009–2010.
  • Member of the Icelandic delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2017 (Deputy Chairman 2017).
  • Member of the Icelandic delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2009–2013.
  • Observer in the Foreign Affairs Committee's Working Group on European Affairs 2011–2013.
  • Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee's Working Group on European Affairs 2010–2011.