Rigmor Dam (born 18 December 1971) is a Faroese

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and

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, she has also been working as a journalist for the Faroese paper ''

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'' before she was elected to the Faroese parliament, the Løgting. She is the current Minister of Education, Research and Culture of the Faroe Islands.

Political career

Dam was elected member of the Faroese parliament for Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) in 2011. At the 2015 elections she was re-elected. On 15 September 2015 she was elected Minister of Culture in the Cabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen.

Member of standing committees of the Løgting 2011-15

*Vice chairman for the Welfare Committee (''Trivnaðarnevndin'') *Member of the Committee of Culture affairs (''Mentanarnevndin'') *Vice member of the Committee of Justice (''Rættarnevndin'')

Family

Rigmor Dam is the daughter of Durita og Bergur P. Dam, her grandfather on her father's side, was former prime minister Peter Mohr Dam, former prime minister

Atli Dam Atli Pætursson Dam (12 September 1932 – 7 February 2005) was a Faroese politician who served as Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands on three occasions, most recently from 1991 to 1993. To this date, he is the longest-serving Prime Minister in ...

was her uncle and the politician

Helena Dam á Neystabø Helena Dam á Neystabø (born 10 December 1955) is a Faroese Social Democratic politician. She has been served in the Lagting from 1990 to 2002, 2008 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019, has been a minister in three governments, and has been a member of the ...

is her cousin. Rigmor Dam is married to Arnbjørn Ó. Dalsgarð, a librarian, writer and one of two editors of the Faroese magazine Vencil.bfl.fo - Arnbjørn Ó Dalsgarð
/ref> They have three children: Bergur, Sára Maria and Rói.

References

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