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Iceland’s Katrín Jakobsdóttir runs for president, triggering major changes

Prime Minster Katrín Jakobsdóttir‘s decision to step down in order to run for president of Iceland could create trouble for the government coalition she has been instrumental in keeping together.
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Presidential canditate

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, head of Iceland's Left-Green Movement, has been leading a coalition of her own party, the Independence Party and the Progress Party.

Update - new president elected

Photo from presidential campaign

On June 1, Halla Tómasdóttir was elected president with 34.3 per cent  of the vote. That was 9.1 percentage points more than Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who came second with 25.2per cent . 

Halla takes over as president from Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. She is 55 years and is a businessperson and public speaker.

Her campaign focused on issues such as the effects of social media on the mental health of youth, tourism development, and the role of artificial intelligence.

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