Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

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
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyLeft-Green Movement
SpouseÁgúst Pétursson
ChildrenTwo children

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