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- Presidential canditate
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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
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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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