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| name = Ásmundur Einar Daðason
| name = Ásmundur Einar Daðason
| image = Ásmundur Einar Daðason.jpg
| image = Ásmundur Einar Daðason.jpg
| office = Minister of Social Affairs and Children
| office = Minister of Education and Children's Affairs
| primeminister = [[Katrín Jakobsdóttir]]
| primeminister = [[Katrín Jakobsdóttir]] <br> [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)|Bjarni Benediktsson]]
| term_start = 30 November 2017
| term_start = 28 November 2021
| term_end =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir]]<br>{{small|(Education, Science, and Culture)}}
| predecessor = [[Þorsteinn Víglundsson]]
| successor =
| successor =
| office1 = [[Minister of Social Affairs and Children (Iceland)|Minister of Social Affairs and Children]]
| office1 =
| primeminister1 =
| primeminister1 = [[Katrín Jakobsdóttir]]
| term_start1 =
| term_start1 = 30 November 2017
| term_end1 =
| term_end1 = 28 November 2021
| predecessor1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Þorsteinn Víglundsson]]
| successor1 = [[Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson]]<br>{{small|(Social Affairs and the Labour Market)}}
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|10|29|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|10|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]
| birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
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| spouse = Sunna Birna Helgadóttir
| spouse = Sunna Birna Helgadóttir
| children =
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| party = [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]]
| party = [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive]]
| alma_mater = [[Agricultural University of Iceland]]
| alma_mater = [[Agricultural University of Iceland]]
| caption = Ásmundur Einar in 2016
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'''Ásmundur Einar Daðason''' (born 29 October 1982) is an [[Iceland]]ic [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Althing]] for the [[Northwest Constituency]] from 2009 to 2016 – first for the [[Left-Green Movement]] (VG), later for the centrist [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ásmundur Einar Daðason|url=http://www.althingi.is/cv_en.php4?ksfaerslunr=121|publisher=Alþingi|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref>
'''Ásmundur Einar Daðason''' (born 29 October 1982) is an [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] [[politician]]. He served as a member of the [[Althing]] for the [[Northwest (Althing constituency)|Northwest Constituency]] from 2009 to 2016, initially representing the [[Left-Green Movement]] (VG) and later the centrist [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ásmundur Einar Daðason |url=http://www.althingi.is/cv_en.php4?ksfaerslunr=121 |accessdate=17 May 2012 |publisher=Alþingi}}</ref> After a hiatus, he returned to the [[Althing]] in 2017. Additionally, he has held leadership positions within the organization [[Heimssýn|Heimssyn]], which advocates against Iceland's membership in the EU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net — Nordic Labour Journal |url=http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/artikler/portrett/portrait-2018/article.2018-02-07.1627737317}}</ref>
He returned to the Althing in 2017. He has also been the leader of the organisation Heimssýn, which gathers Iceland’s EU opponents.<ref>http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/artikler/portrett/portrait-2018/article.2018-02-07.1627737317</ref>
On November 30, 2017, he became Minister of Social Affairs and Equality.<ref>https://www.government.is/government/</ref> On December 31, 2018, he changed the ministerial title to reflect his focus on children's rights and became Minister of Social Affairs and Children, the first minister for children in Iceland.


On November 30, 2017, he assumed the role of [[Minister of Welfare (Iceland)|Minister of Social Affairs and Equality]]. On November 28, 2021, he was appointed Minister of Education and Children.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Minister of Education and Children |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-of-education-and-children/minister-of-education-and-children/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.government.is |language=en-US}}</ref>
After taking office as a minister, Ásmundur Einar declared that his main emphasis as a minister would be services provided for children. That entailed him wanting to make large-scale changes in the systems that provide services to children in Iceland. On the one hand, the changes would make the child the heart, or the center, of the system so the services would come to the child and not the other way around. And on the other hand it would also be necessary to create the possibilities and rules that could make different systems work together in a more prolific manner than has been possible.


==Career==
In 2020, Ásmundur Einar stepped forth in [https://www.mbl.is/frettir/burdargrein/2020/11/28/ekki_svipta_born_bernskunni/ a personal interview with Morgunblaðið] (one of the largest newspapers in Iceland) and described his youth and upbringing and the effects that experience had had on his adult life. Based on that experience, Ásmundur Einar has first hand knowledge of how it feels to be a child in an environment where not everything is up to par and assistance needed. That experience was the main impetus behind putting an emphasis on this matter when Ásmundur Einar becamse a minister and one of the reasons he changed the ministerial title to reflect that emphasis.
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===Minister of Social Affairs and Children===
Ásmundur Einar was appointed [[Minister of Social Affairs and Children (Iceland)|Minister of Social Affairs and Children]] in the [[First cabinet of Katrín Jakobsdóttir|Jakobsdottir cabinet]] after government negotiations following the [[2017 Icelandic parliamentary election|2017 election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-29 |title=Never More Ministers than in New Government |url=https://www.icelandreview.com/news/never-more-ministers-than-in-new-government/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Iceland Review |language=en-US}}</ref> Following the [[2021 Icelandic parliamentary election|2021 election]], he was appointed Minister of Education and Children.<ref name=":0" />


After taking office as a minister in 2017, Ásmundur Einar declared that his main emphasis as a minister would be services provided for children. He stated that he wished to make large-scale changes in the systems that provide services to children in Iceland. On December 31, 2018, he changed the ministerial title to reflect his focus on children's rights and became Minister of Social Affairs and Children, the first minister for children in Iceland. In 2020, in [https://www.mbl.is/frettir/burdargrein/2020/11/28/ekki_svipta_born_bernskunni/ a personal interview with Morgunblaðið], Ásmundur Einar described his youth and upbringing and the effects that experience had had on his adult life. Based on that experience, Ásmundur Einar emphasised his first hand knowledge of how it feels to be a child in an environment where not everything is up to par and assistance is needed.
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In 2020 Ásmundur Einar presented a [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0440.html bill] to the Icelandic Parliament on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. The bill is the result of cooperation between different parliamentary parties and reflects the view that children's prosperity is something that is above traditional political differences. The bill was accompanied by two other bills, one on [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0441.html the National Agency for Children and Families] and the other on [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0442.html the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare for Integrating Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity]. The two are new institutions, founded on the basis of two currently operating institutions, and their role would be to oversee the implementation and activities based on the new law on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. More information can be found in a short overview [https://stjornarradid.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=d70ac5fa-6ac9-11eb-812f-005056bc8c60 here].


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In 2020, Ásmundur Einar presented a [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0440.html bill] to the Icelandic Parliament on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. The bill was accompanied by two other bills, one on [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0441.html the National Agency for Children and Families] and the other on [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0442.html the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare for Integrating Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity]. The two are new institutions, founded on the basis of two currently operating institutions, and their role would be to oversee the implementation and activities based on the new law on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. The bill was passed into [https://www.althingi.is/lagas/152b/2021086.html law] in the spring of 2021 and took effect on January 1, 2022.
Ásmundur Einar retained an economist to perform an economic impact assessment on the abovementioned law, should it be passed. The assessment clearly rates the changes as one of the highest earning projects the government of Iceland could invest in, yielding 11% interests, according to the basis of the assessment. More [https://stjornarradid.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=d70ac5fa-6ac9-11eb-812f-005056bc8c60 here].


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On 13 January 2021, Ásmundur Einar announced that he would run for Parliament in [[Reykjavík North (Althing constituency)|Reykjavík North Constituency]], after serving four terms for [[Northwest (Althing constituency)|Northwest Constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ásmundur fer fram í Reykjavík norður |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/01/13/asmundur_fer_fram_i_reykjavik_nordur/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |agency=Morgunblaðið |publisher=mbl.is |date=13 January 2021}}</ref> In September 2021, he was elected into Parliament for that constituency and appointed minister in November of the same year.
Ásmundur Einar will in 2021 present bills changing other laws regarding services for children to support the abovementioned bill. A bill to change the laws regarding child protection is imminent and later there will be bills that will entail changes to various laws to support the abovementioned law, e.g. regarding education systems and health care.

[http://barnvaensveitarfelog.is/ Child Friendly Iceland] is a [https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/asmundur-einar-i-nainni-framtid-verdi-island-allt-barnvaent/ project] started in cooperation between the Ministry of Social Affairs and Unicef Iceland. The project aims to make all municipalities in Iceland officially child friendly. Many municipalities have requested participation, 12 municipalities have started their journy and one ([https://www.stjornarradid.is/efst-a-baugi/frettir/stok-frett/2020/05/27/Akureyrarbaer-hlytur-vidurkenningu-sem-fyrsta-barnvaena-sveitarfelagid-a-Islandi/ the town of Akureyri]) became the first officially child friendly municipality in 2020. Participation in the project comes with access to use of the [http://barnvaensveitarfelog.is/maelabord-um-velferd-barna/ Dashboard on Children's Prosperity], that will become a powerful system for municipalities in decision making on welfare and budget. The Dashboard has already [https://childfriendlycities.org/2019-summit/vote/ received an international award].

Ásmundur Einar presented a bill for a new law on parental leave in Iceland in 2020 that would increase the time of paid parental leave from 9 months to 12 months, equally divided between both parents (if the child in question had two parents). The [https://www.althingi.is/altext/151/s/0729.html bill was passed] in late 2020. Every child born, adopted or permanently fostered on or after January 1st 2021 will be able to stay home with its parents for 12 months on a paid parental leave. The law is considerate towards single parents, granting them 12 months unshared and financially aids parents who need to travel great distances for medical assistance before/during birth. Also the wording of the new law is gender neutral.

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On 13 January 2021, he announced that he would run for Parliament in [[Reykjavík North (Icelandic constituency)|Reykjavík North Constituency]], after serving four terms for [[Northwest Constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ásmundur fer fram í Reykjavík norður |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/01/13/asmundur_fer_fram_i_reykjavik_nordur/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |agency=Morgunblaðið |publisher=mbl.is |date=13 January 2021}}</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.althingi.is/cv.php4?nfaerslunr=707 Non auto-biography of Ásmundur Einar Daðason on the parliament website]
* [http://www.althingi.is/cv.php4?nfaerslunr=707 Non auto-biography of Ásmundur Einar Daðason on the parliament]


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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ásmundur.
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
Ásmundur Einar in 2016
Minister of Education and Children's Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 November 2021
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded byLilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
(Education, Science, and Culture)
Minister of Social Affairs and Children
In office
30 November 2017 – 28 November 2021
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Preceded byÞorsteinn Víglundsson
Succeeded byGuðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
(Social Affairs and the Labour Market)
Personal details
Born (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 42)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyProgressive
SpouseSunna Birna Helgadóttir
Alma materAgricultural University of Iceland

Ásmundur Einar Daðason (born 29 October 1982) is an Icelandic politician. He served as a member of the Althing for the Northwest Constituency from 2009 to 2016, initially representing the Left-Green Movement (VG) and later the centrist Progressive Party.[1] After a hiatus, he returned to the Althing in 2017. Additionally, he has held leadership positions within the organization Heimssyn, which advocates against Iceland's membership in the EU.[2]

On November 30, 2017, he assumed the role of Minister of Social Affairs and Equality. On November 28, 2021, he was appointed Minister of Education and Children.[3]

Career

Minister of Social Affairs and Children

Ásmundur Einar was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Children in the Jakobsdottir cabinet after government negotiations following the 2017 election.[4] Following the 2021 election, he was appointed Minister of Education and Children.[3]

After taking office as a minister in 2017, Ásmundur Einar declared that his main emphasis as a minister would be services provided for children. He stated that he wished to make large-scale changes in the systems that provide services to children in Iceland. On December 31, 2018, he changed the ministerial title to reflect his focus on children's rights and became Minister of Social Affairs and Children, the first minister for children in Iceland. In 2020, in a personal interview with Morgunblaðið, Ásmundur Einar described his youth and upbringing and the effects that experience had had on his adult life. Based on that experience, Ásmundur Einar emphasised his first hand knowledge of how it feels to be a child in an environment where not everything is up to par and assistance is needed.

In 2020, Ásmundur Einar presented a bill to the Icelandic Parliament on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. The bill was accompanied by two other bills, one on the National Agency for Children and Families and the other on the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare for Integrating Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. The two are new institutions, founded on the basis of two currently operating institutions, and their role would be to oversee the implementation and activities based on the new law on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children's Prosperity. The bill was passed into law in the spring of 2021 and took effect on January 1, 2022.

On 13 January 2021, Ásmundur Einar announced that he would run for Parliament in Reykjavík North Constituency, after serving four terms for Northwest Constituency.[5] In September 2021, he was elected into Parliament for that constituency and appointed minister in November of the same year.

References

  1. ^ "Ásmundur Einar Daðason". Alþingi. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net — Nordic Labour Journal".
  3. ^ a b "Minister of Education and Children". www.government.is. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  4. ^ "Never More Ministers than in New Government". Iceland Review. 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  5. ^ "Ásmundur fer fram í Reykjavík norður". mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Social Affairs and Children
2017–present 		Succeeded by
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