Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Icelandic: ['v??tis 'f?np??a?tou?t?r?] (listen); born 15 April 1930) served as the fourth President of Iceland from 1 August 1980 to 1 August 1996.
She was the world's first democratically directly elected female president.
With a presidency of exactly sixteen years, she also remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date.
Currently, she is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and a member of the Club of Madrid.
She is also to-date Iceland's only female president.