Iceland to appoint lesbian PM

ICELAND is set to appoint the world's first openly-gay woman prime minister.

Former flight attendant Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66, the island nation's social affairs minister, is the choice of the Social Democratic Alliance Party to lead an interim government.

A conservative-led government failed on Monday in the wake of the country's economic collapse.

Ms Sigurdardottir's appointment is expected to be confirmed by a new ruling coalition of the Alliance party and Left-Green movement. She would lead Iceland until a general election in May.