Icelandic politician Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was BOTD in 1942. Born in Reykjavik, she studied at the Commercial College of Iceland, and worked as a flight attendant and office manager, becoming heavily involved in the trade union movement. She was elected to the Althing (Iceland’s parliament) in 1978, serving as Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security for two terms. In 1994, she lost a bid to head the Social Democratic Party, raising a fist and declaring “Minn tími mun koma!” (My time will come!), which became a popular Icelandic saying. In 2009, she became Iceland’s first female Prime Minister and the world’s first openly LGBT head of government, leading a coalition with the Left-Green Movement. While in power, Sigurðardóttir oversaw Iceland’s economic recovery following the country’s financial crisis, voting to indict her predecessor Geir Haarde for misconduct in government office over his mismanagement of the crisis. She also promoted constitutional reform, banned strip clubs and other profiteering from employees’ nudity, and introduced legislation to promote women’s equality and close the gender pay gap. She retired from politics in 2012, as Iceland’s longest serving member of parliament. Married in 1970 and with two sons, she divorced in 1987, and entered into a civil partnership with Jónína Leósdóttir in 2002, upgrading to marriage in 2010 when Iceland legalised same-sex marriage. Her autobiography Minn tími (My Time) was published in 2017.