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Photographer: Unknown photographer, (20th century); Medium: colour photograph; Date: 1980 AD (C20th AD). Image description.

On 29 June 1980, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir won the Icelandic presidential election.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

President of Iceland from 1980 to 1996

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Vigdís.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Icelandic:[ˈvɪɣtisˈfɪnpɔɣaˌtouʰtɪr̥]^ⓘ; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996.

Vigdís is the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president.^[a] Having served as president of Iceland for 16 years, she is the longest-serving elected female head of state in history. She is the first female president in Icelandic history, while later being followed by the current president, Halla Tómasdóttir, as the second female president.

Vigdís is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and a member of the Club of Madrid.

Early life and career

Vigdís was born on 15 April 1930 in Reykjavík.^[1] Her father was a civil engineer, and her mother was a nurse who headed the na