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Minister For Greenland
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Minister of Greenland () was a cabinet post for affairs with the Danish Arctic territory. Tom Høyem was Minister from 1982 and served till 1987 briefly (succeeded by Mimi Jakobsen). In September 1987 the post was eliminated, and responsibility transferred to the Prime Minister's Office. Since 1979, Greenland has been governed locally through Home Rule with a parliament. List of ministers References Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Høyem
Tom Høyem (born 10 October 1941) is a Danish and German politician, and former headmaster in the European Schools. Political career in Denmark Between September 1982 and September 1987, Høyem served as Minister for Greenland within the Danish government under the premiership of Poul Schlüter. He was succeeded by Mimi Jakobsen. On 14 September 1984, Høyem was awarded the honour of kommandør af Dannebrogordenen. Høyem has served as independent election observer for Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on behalf of the Danish government in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine, the State of Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Headmaster in the European Schools Between 1987 and 2015, Høyem served successively as the Director (headmaster) of the European School, Culham (1987–1994), the European School, Munich (1994–2000), and the European School, Karlsruhe (2000–2015). Political career in Germany In 1994, Hø ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Jakobsen
Mimi Jakobsen (born 19 November 1948 in Copenhagen) is a Danish former politician and government minister and secretary general of the Danish chapter of the International Save the Children Alliance. After 15 years she resigned from her position as secretary general of Save the Children Denmark on 17 June 2015. From 1989 to 2005 she was leader of the Centre Democrats, a political party formed by her father, former Social Democrat Erhard Jakobsen, in 1973. She was minister of culture in the mid-1980s. On the 21 December 2006 she announced that she joined the Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ... party. External linksSave the Children profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are full Danish nationality law, citizens of Denmark and European Union citizenship, of the European Union. Greenland is one of the Special territories of members of the European Economic Area#Overseas countries and territories, Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union and is part of the Council of Europe. It is the List of islands by area, world's largest island, and lies between the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Arctic Archipelago, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the location of the northernmost point of land in the world; Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's Northernmost point of land, northernmost undisputed point of land—Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was thought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Rule
Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been decentralized to it by the central government. Home rule may govern in an autonomous administrative division; in contrast, though, there is no sovereignty separate from that of the parent state, and thus no separate chief military command nor separate foreign policy and diplomacy. In the British Isles, it traditionally referred to self-government, devolution or independence of the countries of the United Kingdom—initially Ireland, and later Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In the United States and other countries organised as federations of states, the term usually refers to the process and mechanisms of self-government as exercised by municipalities, counties, or other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Greenland
The Inatsisartut (, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Greenland in English, is the unicameral parliament (legislative branch) of Greenland, an autonomous territoryMultiple sources: * * * in the Danish Realm. Established in 1979, the parliament convenes in the Inatsisartut building, located on an islet in Nuuk Centrum in central Nuuk. The Inatsisartut is composed of 31 members, who are elected for four-year terms through proportional representation. Its functions include electing its presidium, debating and passing legislation, scrutinizing the government, and discussing financial matters. The Prime Minister is elected by the Inatsisartut, and appoints the members of the Naalakkersuisut (Government) with parliamentary approval. The parliament has the authority to remove the cabinet or an individual minister through a vote of no confidence. The Prime Minister holds the prerogative to call for an early election, dissolving the parliament. History of the parliament The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Kjærbøl
Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) was a Danish politician. He was a member of the Social Democrats and served at the Parliament from 1935 to 1957. He held various cabinet posts between 1935 and 1959. Early life and education Kjærbøl was born in Copenhagen on 23 December 1885. His parents were parish priest Johannes Meller Valeur and Julie Severine Hansen. Kjærbøl was educated as a blacksmith at a municipal school. Career Between 1926 and 1935 Kjærbøl was the chairman of the Danish Blacksmiths' and Machine Workers' Association. He was elected as a member of the Parliament for the Social Democrats on 22 October 1935 and served there until 14 May 1957. He was the minister for trade, industry and shipping from 4 November 1935 to 8 July 1940 in the cabinet led by Thorvald Stauning Thorvald August Marinus Stauning (; 26 October 1873 in Copenhagen – 3 May 1942) was the first Social Democrats (Denmark), social democratic prime minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Lindberg
Kai Lindberg (December 10, 1899 – May 27, 1985) was a Danish politician. He served as the second Minister for Greenland from 1957 to 1960, and also the Minister of Transport and Public Works. He was a Social Democrat Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi .... References 1899 births 1985 deaths Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Transport ministers of Denmark {{Denmark-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Gam
Mikael Gam (1901–1982) was a Danish educator and independent politician. After working as a teacher and school administrator in Greenland he became a member of the Danish Parliament in 1960 and served in the post until 1960. During the same period he was the minister for Greenland. Biography Gam was born in Sinding near Silkeborg on 14 February 1901. He was a teacher by training and settled in Greenland in 1925. There he worked as a teacher and was a school administrator from 1950 to 1960. He was elected to the Parliament on 15 November 1960. He represented the North Greenland at the Parliament. His parliamentary term ended on 22 September 1964. He was appointed minister for Greenland in the cabinet led by Prime President Viggo Kampmann on 18 November 1960. Gam continued to serve as minister of Greenland in the next cabinet formed by Jens Otto Krag. Gam's ministerial tenure ended on 26 September 1964. Gam published several textbooks and other books on education in Greenland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knud Hertling
Knud Ludvig Johannes Hertling (7 January 1925 in Paamiut (Frederikshåb) – 26 October 2010) was a Greenlandic-Danish politician from the Social Democrats. He served as Minister for Greenland from 1971 to 1973 under prime ministers Jens Otto Krag and Anker Jørgensen. Hertling was a Greenlandic member of the Folketing from 1964 to 1973. He founded the party Sukaq in 1969, the first political party to be established in Greenland. His aim was to work for greater home rule for Greenland. Hertling was the first Greenlander to hold a ministerial post in the Danish government. Personal life Hertling was born in Paamiut, but was raised in Aasiaat. He and his brother Jørgen moved to Denmark in 1945 and were adopted by Danish pastor Svend Hertling in 1947. Hertling died in Fejø Fejø is a Danish island north of Lolland. It covers an area of and has 611 permanent inhabitants (1 January 2005). Its population expands in Summer since many Danes have summerhouses and there is an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Hansen
Holger Hansen (1929–2015) was a Danish academic, jurist and politician from Venstre who served as the minister of environment and minister of Greenland in the cabinet of Poul Hartling from 1973 to 1975. Trained as an agronomist, he received a law degree and worked as an academic after retiring from politics. Early life and education Hansen was born in Tågeby near Mern on 16 May 1929. He graduated from a high school in Frederiksborg and went to England to study agriculture in 1952. He attended Lyngby agricultural school in the period 1952–1953. In 1977 Hansen started his studies in law at the University of Copenhagen and graduated in 1980 earning a bachelor's degree. In 1985 he received a master's degree in law. Career In 1954, Hansen started in politics when he became the head of Venstres Ungdom (VU), Venstre party's youth organization, in Præstø county. From 1957 to 1959 he was a member of its national executive committee. Between 1958 and 1973 he worked at sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen Peder Hansen
Jørgen Peder Hansen (2 December 1923 – 1994) was a Danish politician and minister. He represented the Socialdemokraterne The Social Democrats ( , , S) is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament (following the latest Danish general electio .... In his spare time he was a painter and designer, and worked as a toll operator from 1964. Ministerial career *Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Greendland in Anker Jørgensen's second Cabinet from 13 February 1975 to 30 August 1978. *Minister for Greenland in Anker Jørgensen's third Cabinet from 30 August 1978 to 26 October 1979. *Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Greenland in Anker Jørgensen's fourth government from 26 October 1979 to 20 January 1981. After his political career, he was Danish general consul in Flensborg 1981–93. References *''HVEM-HVAD-HVOR 1976'', Politikens Forla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |