What is Vigdís Finnbogadóttir?
{{Icelandic name|Vigdís Finnbogadóttir}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |image = Vigdis Finnbogadottir (1985).jpg |caption = Vigdis Finnbogadottir in September 1985 |office = 4th [[President of Iceland]] |primeminister = [[Gunnar Thoroddsen]]<br />[[Steingrímur Hermannsson]]<br />[[Þorsteinn Pálsson]]<br />[[Steingrímur Hermannsson]]<br />[[Davíð Oddsson]] |term_start = 1 August 1980 |term_end = 1 August 1996 |predecessor = [[Kristján Eldjárn]] |successor = [[Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|04|15|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], [[Kingdom of Iceland|Iceland]] |death_date = |death_place = |alma_mater = [[University of Paris]]<br />[[Université Grenoble Alpes|University of Grenoble]]<br />[[University of Copenhagen]]<br />[[University of Iceland]] }} ''' Vigdís Finnbogadóttir''' {{IPA-is|ˈvɪɣtis ˈfɪn.pɔɣaˌtoʊhtɪr||Is-Vigdis finnbogadottir.oga}} (born April 15, 1930) was the 4th president of [[Iceland]]. She was president from 1980 to 1996. She was the world's first elected female head of state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vigdis-Finnbogadottir|title=Vigdís Finnbogadóttir – president of Iceland|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Club of Madrid: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | publisher = [[Club of Madrid]] | year = 2003 | url = http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/vigdis_finnbogadottir | accessdate = 19 July 2010 | archive-date = 12 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170812215011/http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/miembro/vigdis_finnbogadottir | url-status = dead }}</ref> With a presidency of exactly sixteen years, she also remains the longest-serving, elected female head of state of any country to date. Currently, she is a [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]], and a Member of the [[Club of Madrid]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Club of Madrid: Full Members | publisher=[[Club of Madrid]] | year = 2003 |url=http://www.c