When Vigdis Finnbogadottir assumed Iceland’s presidency on August 1 1980, she made history as the first elected female head of state in the world, and four decades later the 90-year-old remains a role-model to Icelanders. In 1980, Iceland’s Vigdis Finnbogadottir became history’s first elected head of state (AFP Photo/ERIC CABANIS) With 16 consecutive years in office, thanks to three re-elections, the former teacher and theatre director holds the record for elected female heads of state and government, though Germany’s Angela Merkel could match her next year. “She...
Full ArticleVigdis Finnbogadottir, the world’s first elected female president
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