Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir

Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir (born 4 November 1987) is an Icelandic lawyer and politician of the Independence Party who has served as the minister of foreign affairs since 2024, having previously done so between 2021 and 2023. She also served as finance minister between 2023 and 2024.

Political career
Þórdís has been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Northwest Constituency since 2016, as a representative of the Independence Party. Since 2018, she has been the party's vice-chair.

Þórdís has previously held the positions of Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, and Minister of Justice. At the age of 29, she became the youngest woman to become an Icelandic Minister.

During her time as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Þórdís held the rotating chairmanship of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers from November 2022 to May 2023. In July 2023, she announced that Iceland would suspend it's embassy in Moscow due to not meeting the priorities of the country's foreign service in its current state. She added that the suspension didn't mean they would be cutting diplomatic relations with Russia.

On 14 October 2023, she was appointed minister of finance and economic affairs in a minor reshuffle following Bjarni Benediktsson's resignation.

On 9 April 2024, she was reappointed as minister of Foreign affairs after Bjarni Benediktsson succeeded Katrín Jakobsdóttir when the latter decided to run in the 2024 presidential election.

Recognition
In 2023 Þórdís received the Cross of Good Neighbourhood from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The distinction is awarded by the Belarusian United Transitional Cabinet to outstanding individuals who have significantly helped the cause of Belarusians.