Jacqueline Smith (trade unionist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jacqueline Smith (trade unionist)

Norwegian trade unionist

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1971

Place of Birth: Wyoming, United States

Profession: trade unionist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jacqueline Smith (born 20 February 1971) is a Norwegian trade unionist. Born in Wyoming, United States to a Vietnamese American mother and a Norwegian father, she moved to Norway, first to Stavanger at the age of 8, and later to Asker.
She studied law, but left the university to become a croupier for Color Line.
She was elected President of the Norwegian Seafarers' Union (NSU) by the union congress in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.
She is the Union's first female president, and the youngest ever when first elected in 2006.Smith did not stand for re-election in 2014.
After leaving the NSU, she continued her trade union work internationally by assuming the office of Maritime Coordinator of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).