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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

1930 - Today

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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Icelandic: [ˈvɪɣtis ˈfɪnpɔɣaˌtouʰtɪr̥] ; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996, the first woman to hold the position and the first in the world to be democratically elected president of a country. Having served for 16 years, she was also the longest-serving elected female head of state in history. Vigdís is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and a member of the Club of Madrid. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is the 895th most popular politician (up from 2,006th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Politician.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first woman to serve as president of Iceland. She served from 1980 to 1996.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 895 out of 19,576. Before her are Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, Gallienus, Horace Walpole, Vidkun Quisling, and John A. Macdonald. After her are Robert II of France, Imad ad-Din Zengi, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Lee Myung-bak, and Gaius Octavius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 19. Before her are Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Steve McQueen, Mobutu Sese Seko, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and Jean-Luc Godard. After her are Ray Charles, Baudouin of Belgium, Pete Conrad, John Young, Buzz Aldrin, and Ed White.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 4 out of 190. Before her are Leif Erikson (970), Halldór Laxness (1902), and Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000). After her are Snorri Sturluson (1179), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Halla Margrét Árnadóttir (1964), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Björk (1965), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 1. After her are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), and Geir Haarde (1951).

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