Þorgerður K. Gunnarsdóttir
| Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | |
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| Leader of the Reform Party | |
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Assumed office 12 October 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Benedikt Jóhannesson |
| Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture | |
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In office 11 January 2017 – 30 November 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson |
| Succeeded by | Kristján Þór Júlíusson |
| Minister of Education, Science, and Culture | |
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In office 31 December 2003 – 1 February 2009 |
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| Prime Minister |
Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde |
| Preceded by | Tómas Ingi Olrich |
| Succeeded by | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 October 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party |
Reform Party (2016-present) Independence Party (1999-2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Kristján Arason |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 4 October 1965) is an Icelandic politician, who has been chairman of the Reform Party since 2017.
Þorgerður was deputy chairman of the Independence Party from 2005–2010. She was the Minister of Education, Science and Culture from 31 December 2003 to 1 February 2009. After the Icelandic economic crash in 2008, Þorgerður was de facto leader of the government in Geir Haarde's absence owing to Geir having been diagnosed with cancer. She left the Independence Party in 2016 and joined the newly founded Reform Party and became its chairman the following year. She was Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in 2017.
Her father is Gunnar H. Eyjólfsson, an actor. Her husband is Kristján Arason. He was CEO of Retail Banking at Kaupthing Bank and was previously one of Iceland's most successful handball players. Þorgerður Katrín and Kristján have three children, Gunnar Ari (1995), Gísli Þorgeir (1999) and Katrín Erla (2003).
At the time of the Icelandic financial crisis her husband owed Kaupthing bank just under 900 million ISK which he had borrowed to purchase shares in the bank. The debt was never repaid, as the board of Kaupthing allowed their executives to transfer their loans and shares into private holding companies a few months before the bank was taken over by the Icelandic authorities. These companies subsequently defaulted.
Þorgerður Katrín took stúdentspróf from Menntaskólanum við Sund in Reykjavík 1985. In her final year she was elected Chairman (Ármaður) of the School Association as the second woman to serve in this position. She subsequently studied law at the University of Iceland and served as a board member in Orator, the Law Students' Society.
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