Alumna elected prime minister of Iceland
Jackson School alumna Kristrún Frostadottir ’16MA has been elected prime minister of Iceland, the youngest in the country’s history. Her Social Democratic Alliance became the biggest party in a snap election on November 30 and formed a coalition government with the People’s Party and the Reform Party. It marks the first time in Iceland’s history that the country has a female prime minster and a female president simultaneously.
Frostadottir previously served as a member of the Iceland parliament. Before that, she was chief economist at Kvika, a specialized Icelandic bank focusing on asset management and investment services. During her studies at Yale, Frostadottir focused on economic policy and international finance.
Former UK prime minister teaches Yale course
This spring, Theresa May, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is teaching a graduate seminar course as a Blue Senior Fellow at the Jackson School. The class, GLBL 7116: Democracy in a Changing World, explores the evolving concept of democracy in the context of a rapidly changing global landscape. The course aims to foster critical thinking about how democracy can be both preserved and adapted to meet the demands of the twenty-first century in what is an increasingly uncertain world.
May served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019—the second woman ever to hold the office. Her premiership marked the culmination of 21 years of continuous service in parliament.
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