Cabinet of Anfinn Kallsberg II

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The second cabinet of Anfinn Kallsberg was the government of the Faroe Islands from 6 June 2002 until 3 February 2004, with Anfinn Kallsberg from People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) as Prime Minister.^[1] It was a coalition between People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin), Republic (Tjóðveldi), Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) and the Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin).

The Faroe Islands, or the Faeroe Islands—a North Atlantic archipelago located 200 miles (320 km) north-northwest of the United Kingdom and about halfway between Norway and Iceland—are an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Total area is about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 50,322 in October 2017.

Anfinn Kallsberg is a Faroese politician, former prime minister, and the former leader of the People's Party. First elected to the Faroese parliament in 1980 and consecutively since then, Kallsberg served as Fisheries Minister from 1983 to 1985 and for 5 months in Jógvan Sundstein's first coalition government in 1989, and as Economics and Finance Minister from 1996 to 1998 in a coalition led by Edmund Joensen.

The Faroese People's Party – Radical Self-Government is a pro-Faroese independence conservative and conservative-liberal political party in the Faroe Islands, led by Jørgen Niclasen. One of the four major parties, it has had eight seats in the Løgting since the 2011 election, making it the joint-largest party, but it has neither of the Faroes' seats in the Folketing.

	Minister	Party	From	Until
Prime Minister	Anfinn Kallsberg	People's Party	6 June 2002	3 February 2004
Deputy Prime Minister	Høgni Hoydal	Republic	6 June 2002	5 December 2003
Ministry	Minister	Party	From	Until
Ministry of Selfgoverning- and Justice	Høgni Hoydal	Republic	6 June 2002	5 December 2003
Ministry of Fisheries	Jacob Vestergaard	People's Party	17 February 2003	3 February 2004
	Jørgen Niclasen	People's Party	6 June 2002	4 January 2003
Ministry of Culture	Annita á Fríðriksmørk	Republic	17 September 2003	5 December 2003
	Høgni Hoydal	Republic	6 March 2003	17 September 2003
	Annlis Bjarkhamar	Republic	6 June 2002	4 March 2003
Ministry of Finance	Karsten Hansen	Centre Party	6 June 2002	5 December 2003
Ministry of Trade and Industry	Bjarni Djurholm	People's Party	6 June 2002	3 February 2004
Ministry of Oil- and Environment	Eyðun Elttør	Self-Governing Party	6 June 2002	3 February 2004
Ministry of Health	Bill Justinussen	Centre Party	6 June 2002	3 February 2004
Ministry of Social Affairs	Páll á Reynatúgvu	Republic	6 June 2002	5 December 2003

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References

↑ Logir.fo, FRÁBOÐAN NR. 63 FRÁ 6. JUNI 2002 FRÁ LØGMANNI UM BÝTI AV MÁLSØKJUM LANDSSTÝRISINS MILLUM LANDSSTÝRISMENNINAR Archived 2005-11-13 at the Wayback Machine .

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[1] Logir.fo, FRÁBOÐAN NR. 63 FRÁ 6. JUNI 2002 FRÁ LØGMANNI UM BÝTI AV MÁLSØKJUM LANDSSTÝRISINS MILLUM LANDSSTÝRISMENNINAR Archived 2005-11-13 at the Wayback Machine .