Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir

Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir is the Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD. She has been at this post since September 2002 and among her responsibilities are the areas of education, health, labour and social policy and public communication.

Before she was appointed to this post, Berglind was the Secretary-General of the Nordic Council from 1996 to 1999 and the Secretary-General in the Ministry of Social Affairs in Iceland from 1988 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2002. From August 2006, Berglind will become the head of the trading office at the Foreign ministry in Iceland.

Berglind has been discussed as a possible candidate for the office of president in 2008, especially if incumbent Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson decides not to run. If elected, she would become Iceland's second female president.

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[http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,2340,en_2649_201185_1944864_1_1_1_1,00.html Berglind's biography at the website of OECD]