The Movement (Iceland)
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The Movement is a political movement in Iceland. It has 3 members of parliament in the Alþingi (the Icelandic Parliament). All of them are former Citizens' Movement
(CM) MPs.
The original Citizen's Movement had four members of parliament. However, since one MP, Þráinn Bertelsson
, had already left the party in the summer of 2009, none remain.
Citizens' Movement (Iceland)
The Citizens' Movement is a political party in Iceland, founded by a number of grassroots movements in the lead up to the 2009 election during the Global Recession, which hit Iceland particularly hard....
(CM) MPs.
- Þór SaariÞór SaariÞór Saari is a member of parliament of Althing, the Icelandic parliament, representing the The Movement. He was the The Movement's chairman, a rotating post, from October 2010 to October 2011...
, economist - Margrét TryggvadottirMargrét TryggvadóttirMargrét Tryggvadóttir is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of The Movement, was previously a member of the Citizens' Movement, and was Chairman of the Movement from 2009-2010.-External links:...
, editor - Birgitta JónsdóttirBirgitta JónsdóttirBirgitta Jónsdóttir is a member of parliament of Althing, the Icelandic parliament, formerly representing the Citizens' Movement, but now representing The Movement. Her district is the Reykjavík South Constituency. She was elected to the Icelandic parliament in April 2009 on behalf of a movement...
, poet, editor and artist
The original Citizen's Movement had four members of parliament. However, since one MP, Þráinn Bertelsson
Þráinn Bertelsson
Þráinn Bertelsson is an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor. He moved into politics in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, and was elected a member of the Althing in 2009, initially for the Citizens' Movement...
, had already left the party in the summer of 2009, none remain.