Iceland’s New Prime Minister is an Expert on Crime Thrillers<br />30, 2017<br />A pacifist environmentalist and expert on Icelandic crime thrillers emerged on Thursday as Iceland’s<br />new prime minister, its fourth in two years, after three parties signed a coalition agreement.<br />Mr. Benediktsson, whose Independence Party has featured in nearly every government since Iceland<br />broke away from Danish rule in 1944, joined the new government as finance minister.<br />This could work quite well as long as the economy is stable and prosperous." Ms. Onnudottir said she doubted<br />that the adoption of a social media-driven Constitution would occur under this government.<br />Ms. Jakobsdottir also stressed on Thursday the importance of gender equality, vowed further steps to counter climate change,<br />and expressed a willingness to have Iceland take in more refugees.<br />Reykjavik said that It is important that we try to change the way we work together,<br />Ms. Jakobsdottir, a former education minister, is often cited by opinion polls as being one of the most trusted<br />and well-liked politicians in Iceland, a popularity that far outstrips that of her party.
