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unusual facts about Independence Party



Guðmundur Gunnarsson

He was a municipal representative of the Sjálfstæðisflokksins í Reykjavík (Independence Party) in Reykjavík from 1994 to 1998 and Chairman of the Nordic Federation of Electricians' Unions from 1994 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2006.

Icelandic political scandals

(2009) Subsidy scandal: In early April the Independence Party received a 55 million krónur subsidy from FL-group and Landsbanka Íslands the day before a 300.000 krónur ceiling was set for subsidies to political parties.

Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010

The general election was contested by the major party candidates State Representative Tom Emmer (R-Delano), former Senator Mark Dayton (DFL), and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner.

Southeast Minnesota

Until 2006, the state's only Independence Party legislator was from Southeast Minnesota, Sheila Kiscaden (IP-Rochester, now DFL-Rochester).


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Chicken Kiev speech

As his motorcade passed through Kiev, it was greeted by large numbers of people waving Ukrainian and American flags but also protesters bearing slogans such as "Mr. Bush: billions for the USSR is slavery for Ukraine" and "The White House deals with Communists but snubs Rukh," the principal pro-independence party in Ukraine.

Icelandic parliamentary election, 2013

Ásbjörn Óttarsson (member of the Independence Party)

Kári P. Højgaard

Kári Páll Højgaard (born July 21, 1951 in Strendur, Faroe Islands) is the current head of the Faroese Independence Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) and President of the West Nordic Council.

Kendall Stewart

Stewart was defeated in the September 2009 Democratic primary by more than 1,100 votes by a newcomer, Jumaane Williams, but ran in the November 2009 general election on the Independence Party line.

Laureen

Laureen Oliver, American politician who co-founded the New York State Independence Party

Lord Pearson

Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch (born 1942), British insurance executive and former leader of the UK Independence Party

Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

Þorgerður Katrín was an officer in Orator, the Law Students' Society at the University of Iceland, an officer in Stefnir, the local Independence Party youth society in Hafnarfjörður, and also the Vice-President of the Executive Committee for the Board of Representatives of the Independence Party in Hafnarfjörður.