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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first woman to be elected head of state when she took the Icelandic presidency in 1980.
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Play NowVigdís Finnbogadóttir. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 12:25, May 24, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/vigd%C3%ADs-finnbogad%C3%B3ttir-37420.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/vigd%C3%ADs-finnbogad%C3%B3ttir-37420 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
"Vigdís Finnbogadóttir." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 24 2013, 12:25 http://www.biography.com/people/vigd%C3%ADs-finnbogad%C3%B3ttir-37420.
"Vigdís Finnbogadóttir," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/vigd%C3%ADs-finnbogad%C3%B3ttir-37420 [accessed May 24, 2013].
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 24] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/vigd%C3%ADs-finnbogad%C3%B3ttir-37420.
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/vigd%C3%ADs-finnbogad%C3%B3ttir-37420. Accessed May 24, 2013.
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In 1980, after years in academia and the theater, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was drafted as a candidate for the presidency of Iceland and was narrowly elected, defeating three male opponents, thereby becoming the first woman in the world to be elected head of state in a national election. She was reelected three times (1984, 1988 and 1992) before retiring from office in 1996.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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