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On February 1, 2009, the first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government. The year's #1 song was "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas. Shaylee Mansfield, Valentina Tronel, Maddox Batson would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 1, 2009
The First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in Iceland, nicknamed “The welfare government” or “The sixth left government”, was formed 1 February 2009 after the Second cabinet of Geir Haarde resigned due to the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests.
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2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
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Government of Iceland from February to May 2009
The First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in Iceland, nicknamed “The welfare government” or “The sixth left government”, was formed 1 February 2009 after the Second cabinet of Geir Haarde resigned due to the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests.
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