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Politics Of The Faroe Islands
The politics of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country () of the Kingdom of Denmark, function within the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic dependency, whereby the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The Faroe Islands are politically associated with the Kingdom of Denmark but have been self-governing since 1948. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Løgting. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature and the responsibility of Denmark. Executive branch , King , Frederik X , , 14 January 2024 , - , High Commissioner , Lene Moyell Johansen , , 15 May 2017 , - , Prime Minister , Aksel V. Johannesen , Social Democratic , 22 December 2022 The high commissioner is appointed by the Monarch of Denmark. The High Commissioner has a seat in the Løgting, with the ability to speak in the Løgting regarding common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lene Moyell Johansen
Lene Moyell Johansen (born 19 December 1968) is a Danish lawyer who has been the High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands since 15 May 2017. She previously served in the Roskilde County, and has worked in the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ... since 2008. Altinget.dk, 30 June 2017 References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Høgni Hoydal
Høgni Karsten Hoydal (born 28 March 1966), commonly called Høgni Hoydal, is a Faroese politician. He currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has been the party leader of Tjóðveldi since 1998. Before taking office Høgni Hoydal was a reporter of the Faroese national television station, Kringvarp Føroya, for some years prior to his election to the Faroese parliament in 1998. Political career Høgni Hoydal brought the Republican Party back up from four MPs to eight in the 1998 elections and into government, due to popular opinion at the time. Høgni Hoydal became Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister. The coalition stayed in power after the parliamentary elections in 2002 and brought one more political party into the coalition and government. This coalition, however, broke down on 5 December 2003 and new elections held. After these elections another coalition was formed leaving the Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Industry Ministers Of The Faroe Islands ...
The minister of trade and industry ( Faroese: ''landsstýrismaðurin í vinnumálum'', also called ''vinnumálaráðharrin''), earlier the minister of industry (''landsstýrismaðurin í ídnaðarmálum'', also called ''ídnaðarmálaráðharrin''), is a member of the Faroese government and is responsible for trade, including natural resources except for fisheries, which mostly has its own ministry, labour environment, business, aquaculture etc. Notes and references {{Reflist Faroe Islands Trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. Traders generally negotiate through a medium of cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Foreign Affairs Of The Faroe Islands
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List Of Deputy Prime Ministers Of The Faroe Islands
The office of Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (Faroese language, Faroese: ''varaløgmaður'') is held by one of the ministers of the Faroese government. The deputy prime minister is acting as prime minister when the prime minister is on leave. See also *Politics of the Faroe Islands *List of prime ministers of the Faroe Islands References External links web.archive.org (copy from an older version of the website tinganes.fo), list of Faroese governments since 1948 {{Faroe Islands topics Lists of political office-holders in the Faroe Islands Deputy prime ministers of the Faroe Islands Politics of the Faroe Islands Lists of deputy prime ministers, Faroes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Aksel V
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Progress (Faroe Islands)
Progress () is a Liberalism, liberal, pro-Faroese independence List of political parties on the Faroe Islands, political party on the Faroe Islands. History Founded on 9 March 2011 by Poul Michelsen and others as a breakaway from the People's Party (Faroe Islands), People's Party, the party won two seats in the 2011 Faroese parliamentary election, October 2011 election to the 33-seat Løgting. Its two MPs in this first election were Poul Michelsen and Janus Rein. However, almost a year after the election, on 6 October 2012, Rein left the party and became an independent member of the Faroese Parliament. He didn't give any clear reason to why he left the party, just that there were some disagreements between him and Poul Michelsen. On the following day, the Faroese website aktuelt.fo, which was run by the newspaper Sosialurin at that time, brought an article saying that the two MPs disagreed on whether Rein should be a candidate for the elections for the city council of Tórshavn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic (Faroe Islands)
Republic ( ), formerly known as the Republican Party () is a pro-independence left-wing political party in the Faroe Islands. History The party was founded in 1948 as a reaction to the islands failing to gain independence despite the outcome of the 1946 independence referendum, after which independence was subsequently declared but annulled by the Danish King. In 1998, Høgni Hoydal succeeded Heini O. Heinesen as party leader. During the 20 January 2004 legislative elections, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and eight out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the term "sexual orientation" to paragraph 266b of the Anti-Discrimination Act, MP Karsten Hansen announced that he was leaving the party owing to a difference in opinion. He later joined the Centre Party. At the elections on 19 January 2008, the party won 23.3% of the vote and eight out of 33 seats. On 14 September 2007, the party changed its name from ''Tjóðveldisflokkurin'' to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Faroese General Election
Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 December 2022.Faroese Minister Fired After Statements Against Queer People High North News, 10 November 2022 The opposition led by former Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen emerged as the largest party, receiving the largest vote share of any party since |
