Cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard II

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The second cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard was the government of the Faroe Islands from 4 February until 26 September 2008. It was a coalition between Social Democratic Party (SDP) (with Jóannes Eidesgaard as Prime Minister), Republic (R), Centre Party (CP).

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Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) political party in the Faroe Islands

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Jóannes Eidesgaard former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

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There were internal disagreements after a few months, especially about some offices in Tinganes (later referred to as Lásagølan [1] which means The lock scandal, something about changing of the lock of an office in the governmental administration), which resulted in Republic leaving the coalition on 15 September 2008, which created a government crisis. [2] This made space for Kaj Leo Johannesen's First Cabinet on 26 September.

The first cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen was the government of the Faroe Islands in the period 26 September 2008 until 14 November 2011. Kaj Leo Johannesen from the Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) was prime minister, the other parties of the cabinet were the People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) and the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin). On 6 April 2011 however the prime minister ended the coalition with the People's Party, who left the government after disagreements about the financial politics, and the two remaining parties formed the first minority government in the Faroese history.

Minister Party From Until
Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard JF 4 February 2008 26 September 2008
Deputy Prime Minister Høgni Hoydal T 4 February 2008 15 September 2008
Ministry Minister Party From Until
Foreign Ministry Høgni Hoydal T 4 February 2008 15 September 2008
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Hans Pauli Strøm JF 4 February 2008 26 September 2008
Ministry of Internal Affairs Helena Dam á Neystabø JF 4 February 2008 26 September 2008
Ministry of Fisheries and Resources Tórbjørn Jacobsen T 4 February 2008 15 September 2008
Ministry of Culture Óluva Klettskarð T 30 August 2008 15 September 2008
Kristina Háfoss T 4 February 2008 30 August 2008
Ministry of Trade and Industry Bjørt Samuelsen T 4 February 2008 15 September 2008
Ministry of Finance Karsten Hansen MF 4 February 2008 26 September 2008

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References

  1. ↑ logting.fo, S-2 Fyrispurningur til Kaj Leo Johannesen, løgmann, viðvíkjandi kanning av lásagøluni á Løgmansskrivstovuni
  2. ↑ http://fiskeribladet.no/default.asp?side=101&lesmer=9170 fiskeribladet.no, Fiskeriministeren fikk fyken etter dørkrangel!
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