Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
  • Date of Birth: November 22nd, 1965
  • Party: The Social Democratic Alliance
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Parliamentary career

  • Member of Althingi for the Reykjanes Constituency 1999–2003 and for the Southwest Constituency 2003–2011 and since 2021 (Social Democratic Alliance).

Party group

  • Deputy Chair of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Alliance since 2021.
  • Chair of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Alliance 2010–2011.

Present committees

  • Member of the Environment and Communications Committee since 2022.
  • Member of the Constitutional and Supervisory Committee since 2021 (Chair since 2021).
  • Member of the Icelandic delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) since 2023.

Previous committees

  • Member of the Special Committee on the Standing Orders of Althingi 2011.
  • Member of the Credentials Committee 2021 and 2009–2011.
  • Member of the Health Committee 2009–2011.
  • Member of the Social Affairs and Social Security Committee 2010–2011 and 2009 (Chair 2009).
  • Member of the Environment Committee 2009–2010 (Chairman 2009–2010), 2004–2005, 1999–2003.
  • Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee 2009–2010, 2009 (Deputy Chair 2009), 2003–2007 and 2000–2003.
  • Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee's Working Group on European Affairs 2009–2010.
  • Member of the Transport and Communications Committee 2005–2007.
  • Member of the Agriculture Committee 2003–2005.
  • Member of the the Icelandic delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region 2009–2011 (Deputy Chair 2009–2011), 2003–2005 and 2001–2003.

Ministerial career

  • Minister for the Environment 2007–2009.