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Iceland elects Halla Tomasdottir as new president

Iceland elects Halla Tomasdottir as new president
2 June 2024 20:33

REYKJAVIK (WAM)

Halla Tomasdottir has won Iceland's presidential election.

Tomasdottir, 55, received 34 percent of the votes cast in Saturday's election in the North Atlantic nation, to beat former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, who stepped down as premier in April to run for president.

Iceland's president holds a largely ceremonial position in the parliamentary republic, acting as a guarantor of the constitution and national unity.

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