Þorgerður Katrín to first seat

Minister for Education Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, who is also deputy leader of the Independence Party ( Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) will be putting herself forward for first seat in the south-west voting district for the government elections next spring.

Minister of Finance, Árni Mathiesen, who was in the first seat last year, has made public his intentions of moving to the south voting district next spring. Þorgerður Katrín was in fourth seat of the south-west election list for the elections in 2003.