Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Icelandic Poet, Writer, Editor, and Member of Parliament

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1967

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Profession: writer, poet, politician, artist

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Birgitta Jónsdóttir

  • Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist.
  • She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at the 2013 election.
  • She was previously an MP for Reykjavík Constituency South from 2009 to 2013.
  • In November 2017, she has announced to retire from politics "for now".She published her first book of poetry at the age of 22, and later became a web developer.
  • She was a noted Icelandic activist, and took on a number of roles during the protests following the 2007–2008 financial crisis. She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens' Movement in the 2009 election.
  • Later in 2009, she left the Citizens' Movement and joined The Movement.
  • She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange's visit to Iceland in 2010, and also helped to produce the Collateral Murder video.
  • Following her time with WikiLeaks, she created the International Modern Media Institute, of which she became executive director in 2011.
  • She was also involved in two court cases in the United States during her parliamentary term, one of which was the high-profile case Hedges vs Obama.
  • In 2012, close to the end of her term, she co-founded the Icelandic Pirate Party, becoming their first MP. In the 2013 election, Birgitta was elected as a Pirate Party MP, alongside two others.
  • She was portrayed in the 2013 film about WikiLeaks, The Fifth Estate, of which she was critical.
  • She also served as Chairman of the Pirate Party from 2014 to 2015, when they became the most popular party in Iceland.

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