Minister for Foreign Affairs
Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir took office as Minister for Foreign Affairs on 9 April 2024. She was Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 14 October 2023 to 9 April 2024.
- Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs 2023 - 2024
- Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2021 - 2023
- Minister of Justice 2019 (March - September)
- Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation 2017-2021
- Date of Birth: November 4th 1987
- Party: Independence Party
Parliamentary career
- Member of Althingi for the North-West Constituency since 2016.
Professional Engagement
- 2023-2024 Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (October - April)
- 2021-2023 Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 2019 Minister of Justice (March - September)
- 2017-21 Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation
- 2016 Member of Parliament for the Independence Party
- 2014-16 Political Advisor to the Minister of the Interior, Mrs. Olof Nordal
- 2013-14 Office Director of the Parliamentary group of the Independence Party
- 2013-15 Teacher of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Reykjavik University
- 2011-12 Appeals committee for Planning and Construction (now Appeals committee for Environment and Natural resources)