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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 (Althing constituency)|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 [[Iceland]]ic [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Althing]] for the [[Northwest (Althing constituency)|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> |
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He returned to the Althing in 2017. He has also been the leader of the organisation Heimssýn, which gathers Iceland's EU opponents.<ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/artikler/portrett/portrait-2018/article.2018-02-07.1627737317|title=Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net — Nordic Labour Journal}}</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>{{Cite document|url=http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/artikler/portrett/portrait-2018/article.2018-02-07.1627737317|title=Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net — Nordic Labour Journal}}</ref> |
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On November 30, 2017, he became Minister of Social Affairs and Equality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.is/government/|title = Government of Iceland | Current government}}</ref> |
On November 30, 2017, he became Minister of Social Affairs and Equality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.is/government/|title = Government of Iceland | Current government}}</ref> On November 28, 2021, he became Minister of Education and Children. |
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Revision as of 23:23, 7 September 2022
Ásmundur Einar Daðason | |
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| Minister of Education and Children's Affairs | |
| Assumed office 28 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Preceded by | Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (Education, Science, and Culture) |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Children | |
| In office 30 November 2017 – 28 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Preceded by | Þorsteinn Víglundsson |
| Succeeded by | Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson (Social Affairs and the Labour Market) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1982 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Progressive |
| Spouse | Sunna Birna Helgadóttir |
| Alma mater | Agricultural University of Iceland |
Ásmundur Einar Daðason (born 29 October 1982) is an Icelandic 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.[1] He returned to the Althing in 2017. He has also been the leader of the organisation Heimssýn, which gathers Iceland's EU opponents.[2] On November 30, 2017, he became Minister of Social Affairs and Equality.[3] On November 28, 2021, he became Minister of Education and Children.
Career
Minister of Social Affairs and Children
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Ásmundur Einar was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Children in the Jakobsdottir cabinet after government negotiations following the 2017 election.[4]
After taking office as a minister, Ásmundur Einar declared that his main emphasis as a minister would be services provided for children. He declared wanting 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.
Ásmundur Einar has planned to present further bills in 2021, 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.
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 bill was passed in late 2020. Every child born, adopted or permanently fostered on or after January 1, 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. The wording of the new law is gender neutral.[citation needed]
On 13 January 2021, he announced that he would run for Parliament in Reykjavík North Constituency, after serving four terms for Northwest Constituency.[5]
References
- ^ "Ásmundur Einar Daðason". Alþingi. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Ásmundur Einar Daðason: Time to overhaul the social safety net — Nordic Labour Journal" (Document).
{{cite document}}: Cite document requires|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|url=ignored (help) - ^ "Government of Iceland | Current government".
- ^ "Never More Ministers than in New Government". Iceland Review. 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ "Ásmundur fer fram í Reykjavík norður". mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
