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04-07-2016, 01:40 PM
Iceland names new prime minister as elections loom
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LONDON — Iceland's centre-right governing coalition has named fisheries and agriculture minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as country's new prime minister after the previous leader resigned because of revelations that he had holdings in an offshore company
SEE ALSO: Confusion reigns over fate of Iceland's prime minister after Panama Papers revelations (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/iceland-prime-minister-resign-panama-papers/)
Johannson, 53, who is also deputy leader of the Progressive Party, will seek the president's approval to become Prime Minister, but the opposition said it's planning to pursue a vote of ** confidence in parliament
"We will still push forward a proposal to dissolve parliament and hold earlier elections," Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, a legislator with the Pirate Party, which has high levels of popular support, told The Associated Press Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/iceland-new-prime-minister/)
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LONDON — Iceland's centre-right governing coalition has named fisheries and agriculture minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as country's new prime minister after the previous leader resigned because of revelations that he had holdings in an offshore company
SEE ALSO: Confusion reigns over fate of Iceland's prime minister after Panama Papers revelations (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/iceland-prime-minister-resign-panama-papers/)
Johannson, 53, who is also deputy leader of the Progressive Party, will seek the president's approval to become Prime Minister, but the opposition said it's planning to pursue a vote of ** confidence in parliament
"We will still push forward a proposal to dissolve parliament and hold earlier elections," Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, a legislator with the Pirate Party, which has high levels of popular support, told The Associated Press Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/iceland-new-prime-minister/)
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