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### Viewing cable 09REYKJAVIK28, ICELAND: LEFTIST GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER THE REINS; BIO

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 REYKJAVIK 000028

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE

    STATE FOR EUR/NB, INR-B

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PGOV PINR IC
    SUBJECT: ICELAND: LEFTIST GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER THE REINS; BIO
    SKETCHES OF NEW CABINET

    Ref: Reykjavik 20 and previous

    ¶1. (U) Summary:  After a week of negotiations, Iceland's Social
    Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement announced a minority
    government on February 1.  The new government, dependent upon the
    centrist Progressive Party for support, is headed by SDA Prime
    Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's first female PM.  The
    cabinet is gender-balanced and split equally between the two
    parties, with two ministers drawn from outside politics.    The
    leftist government will have roughly 80 days to implement its
    domestic- and economics-focused agenda before early parliamentary
    elections on April 25.  End Summary.

    ¶2.  (U) One day after the collapse of the Independence Party (IP)
    and Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) coalition on January 26,
    Iceland's President asked the country's two leftist parties -- the
    SDA and the Left-Green Movement (LGM) to form a minority coalition
    with the support of the Progressive Party.  The SDA and LGM agreed
    quickly on the broad outlines of their cabinet and their desire to
    focus on domestic economic issues ahead of early elections at the
    end of April.  However, talks slowed down over Progressive Party
    (PP) demands that the economic plan be more detailed.

    ¶3.  (U) On February 1, the SDA and the LGM announced the makeup of
    their minority coalition with the support of the PP.  Current seat
    allocations in the Althingi (parliament) mean that the SDA and LGM
    require nearly 100 percent support from the Progressives to pass
    legislation during the remainder of the legislative session.   There
    are 10 ministers in the cabinet, as opposed to 12 in the previous
    cabinet.  Notably, there are two non-party affiliated ministers: the
    Minister of Commerce and the Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical
    Affairs.  Also of note is the absence of SDA Chair and previous
    Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, who has announced she
    will take at least a month of medical leave to recover from
    treatment for a benign brain tumor.  Gisladottir remains SDA Chair,
    however, and says she has no plans to retire from politics.

    ¶4.  (U) Returning ministers in the government are: Prime Minister
    Johanna Sigurdardottir (SDA, previously Minister of Social Welfare);
    Minister for Foreign Affairs and Industry Ossur Skarphedinsson (SDA,
    previously Minister of Industry); and Minister of Transport and
    Communications Kristjan Moller.  Biographical summaries of the new
    ministers follow.

    ¶5.  (U) Asta R. Johannesdottir (SDA) is the Minister of Social
    Affairs and Social Security. She was born in 1949 and has been an MP
    since 1995, first for the National Awakening party and then for the
    SDA. She studied Social Sciences and English at the University of
    Iceland in 1969-1973, but did not graduate. She has also studied
    German in Germany and taken tourist guide courses at the University
    of Iceland and in Spain. Johannesdottir has also taken several
    Management seminars at the University of Iceland and at the
    Technological Institute of Iceland. Johannesdottir has been a Head
    of Division at the Social Insurance Administration, a tour guide, a
    flight attendant, a teacher, a DJ, and has produced radio and
    television programming for the National Broadcasting Company.

    ¶6.  (U) Steingrimur J. Sigfusson (LGM) is the Minister of Finance,
    Fisheries, and Agriculture. He was born in 1955 and has been an MP
    since 1983, first for the People's Alliance and later for the LGM.
    He studied geology at the University of Iceland and received his
    teaching certificate from the same university in 1981. In addition
    to working in his chosen field of geology he was also employed as a
    television sportscaster for the National Broadcasting Company from
    1982 to 1983, when he first won a parliamentary seat in the Althingi
    as a member of the People's Alliance. He was the Minister of
    Agriculture and Communications in 1988-1991. Sigfusson founded the
    Left-Green Movement in 1999 and has been its Chairman since.

    ¶7.  (U) Ogmundur Jonasson (LGM) is the Minister of Health.  He was
    born in 1948 and has been an MP since 1995, first for the People's
    Alliance and Independents, and then for the LGM.  He studied history
    and political science at the University of Edinburg.  He has been a
    teacher, a reporter for the National Broadcasting Company, and
    Chairman of the Federation of State and Municipal Employees, one of
    Iceland's largest labor unions.

    ¶8.  (U) Katrin Jakobsdottir (LGM) is the Minister of Education. She
    was born in 1976 and has been an MP for the LGM since 2007.
    Jakobsdottir is Deputy Chair of the LGM.  She studied Icelandic
    language and literature at the University of Iceland. She has been a
    teacher, a university lecturer, an alternate Reykjavik City
    Councilor, and has worked as a television producer and journalist.

    ¶9.  (U) Kolbrun Halldorsdottir (LGM) is the Minister for the
    Environment. She was born in 1955 and has been an MP for the LGM
    since 1999. Before taking a seat in Parliament, she was a theater

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    actor and director. She also worked for the National Broadcasting
    Company as a radio personality.

    ¶10.  (U) Ragna Arnadottir (non-party affiliated) is the Minister of
    Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. She was born in 1966 and studied
    law at the University of Iceland and at Lund University in Sweden.
    Before becoming minister she worked as an adviser for the Nordic
    Council, and as a committee secretary for the Parliament. Arnadottir
    is now on leave from her position as Legal Office Director and
    Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, but
    immediately prior to becoming the Minister of Justice she had been
    seconded to the Prime Minister's Office as an Office Director and
    Deputy Permanent Secretary.

    ¶11.  (U) Gylfi Magnusson (non-party affiliated) is the Minister of
    Commerce. He was born in 1966 and studied business administration at
    the University of Iceland and economics at Yale University. He has
    worked for the Competition Authority and the University of Iceland
    Institute of Economics, and he is currently on leave from his
    position as associate professor of business administration at the
    University of Iceland.

    VAN VOORST

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