Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir

 
• Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries 
• Ministry: Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
• Date of Birth: February 27th, 1965
• Party: Left-Green Movement

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Parliamentary career

• Member of Althingi for the Northeast Constituency since 2013 (Left-Green Movement).

Party group

• Chair of the Left-Green Movement's parliamentary group 2017–2021.
• Deputy Chair of the Left-Green Movement's parliamentary group since 2021, 2017 and 2014–2017.

Previous committees

• Member of the Welfare Committee 2023–2024 (Chair 2023–2024).
• Member of the Industrial Affairs Committee 2021–2024 and 2020.
• Member of the Budget Committee 2021–2023 (Chair 2021–2023), 2020–2021, 2017–2019, 2016–2017 and 2013–2016.
• Member of the Judicial Affairs and Education Committee 2019–2021 (2nd Deputy Chair 2019–2021) and 2014–2016.
• Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee 2020.
• Member of the Credentials Committee 2017.
• Member of the Icelandic delegation to the EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees 2021–2024 and 2017–2021 (Deputy Chair 2018–2021).
• Member of the EU-Iceland joint Parliamentary Committee 2022–2024 and 2018–2021.

Ministerial career

• Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries since 2024.