
Steinunn Þórðardóttir, chairman of the Icelandic Medical Association and director of medicine at Hrafnista, was recently elected the next president of the World Medical Association (WMA), at the association's annual meeting in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Steinunn was elected with 97,81% votes and will take office in October 2027 and will hold it in the period 2027-2028. She will be the second Icelander to hold this role, while Jón Snædal held the position in the years 2007-2008.
