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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dj gamaya" data-source="post: 8859116" data-attributes="member: 61857">07. Johanna Sigurdardottir,  Prime Minister of Iceland<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iTGXYFIkfkA/TO0cdEmPyrI/AAAAAAAAdpc/Odck_uO_Wi8/s1600/04+Johanna-Sigurdardottir.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />After Iceland’s economy collapsed in October 2008, Sigurdardottir rode a  wave of discontent all the way to the premiership. It wasn’t exactly  surprising: the former flight attendant turned politician had won eight  consecutive elections since entering Parliament in 1978, making her the  country’s longest-serving parliamentarian and one of its most popular.  In addition to being Iceland’s first female Prime Minister,  Sigurdardottir, 67, is also the world’s first openly gay head of state.  In June 2010, when Iceland legalized gay marriage, Sigurdardottir tied  the knot with her long-term partner, with whom she had entered a civil  union seven years earlier.</blockquote>

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