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Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

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Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Minister for the Environment
In office
1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009
Prime MinisterJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Preceded byÞórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Succeeded bySvandís Svavarsdóttir
Personal details
Born (1955-07-31) 31 July 1955 (age 69)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyLeft-Green Movement
SpouseÁgúst Pétursson
ChildrenTwo children

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir (born 31 July 1955) is an Icelandic politician with the Left-Green Movement. She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for Reykjavík constituencies from 1999. She didn't get re-elected in 2009. She was Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, in 2009. She has been s President of ECA – European Council of Artists (2011).

Supporting prisoner artists

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Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir, as the president of ECA, joined the biggest international campaign Freemuse for the release of Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian and his brother, film-maker Hossein Rajabian; he was signed by the following of the ARJ group.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced". Freemuse. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017.
  2. ^ "ARJ carries an International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran".
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for the Environment Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Nordic Cooperation Incumbent