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The Second Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen was the government of the Faroe Islands from 14 November 2011 until 15 September 2015 with Kaj Leo Johannesen from Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) as Prime Minister, [1] making a coalition between Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin), People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin), Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) and Centre Party (Miðflokkurin). It is a majority government and the first completely right winged government on the islands since 1985. In September 2013 the Self Governing Party left the coalition and the ministry was closed, [2] after their minister Kári P. Højgaard had been sacked after much discussion about a subsea tunnel between the two largest islands: Streymoy and Eysturoy, Eysturoyartunnilin, which Mr. Højgaard planned to let a private Danish company called Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners make. [3] The plans about making the tunnel were aborted, but in February 2014 all political parties of the Løgting including the independent excluded former member of the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin), Gerhard Lognberg, agreed on making two subseatunnels: Eysturoyartunnilin and Sandoyartunnilin, both are planned to open in 2021 if everything works out as the politicians have planned, and they will be made by the Faroese government. [4]

Faroe Islands Autonomus constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark

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.

Kaj Leo Johannesen Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands since 2008

Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen is a Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands, representing the Faroese Unionist Party (Sambandsflokkurin). He took office, succeeding Jóannes Eidesgaard on 26 September 2008 and left office on 15 September 2015, after his party and coalition with Fólkaflokkurin and Miðflokkurin lost the general election on 1 September 2015. Johannesen is also a former international football player; he was goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team.

Union Party (Faroe Islands) political party in the Faroe Islands

The Union Party is a conservative-liberal and agrarian political party in the Faroe Islands. The party wants to maintain the Faroe Islands union with Denmark. On 24 October 2015 Bárður á Steig Nielsen succeeded Kaj Leo Johannesen as party leader.

Minister Party From Until
Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen SB 14 November 2011
Deputy Prime Minister Annika Olsen FF 14 November 2011
Ministry Minister Party From Until
Ministry of Finance Jørgen Niclasen FF 14. November 2011
Ministry of Health Karsten Hansen MF 14. November 2011
Ministry of Culture Bjørn Kalsø SB 14. November 2011
Ministry of Internal Affairs Kári P. Højgaard SF 14 November 2011 5 September 2013
Ministry of Fisheries Jacob Vestergaard FF 16 February 2012
Jákup Mikkelsen FF 14 November 2011 15 February 2012
Ministry of Trade and Industry Johan Dahl SB 14 November 2011
Ministry of Social Affairs Annika Olsen FF 14 November 2011

See also

The Cabinet of the Faroe Islands has been the chief executive body and the government of the Faroe Islands since the islands became self-governing in 1948. The cabinet is led by the Prime Minister (løgmaður). There are around 7 members of the Cabinet, known as "Ministers", all of whom are also heads of specific government ministries. The ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister. The Faroese government currently consists of seven ministers including the Prime Minister.

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Jóannes Eidesgaard former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

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Kári P. Højgaard Faroese politician

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General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. The number of women went from three to seven.

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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.

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), Republic (R), Centre Party (CP).

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Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen is a Faroese lawyer and politician for the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) and a former footballer. He is the current prime minister of the Faroe Islands.

General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 1 September 2015. Elections for the Danish Folketing were held beforehand on 18 June.

Eysturoyartunnilin Sub-sea tunnel under construction in the Faroe Islands. Connects Runavík and Strendur with Tórshavn.

Eysturoyartunnilin is a large infrastructure project which will connect the island of Streymoy to the island of Eysturoy through a sub-sea road tunnel under the Tangafjørður fjord in the Faroe Islands. It will also cross the southern part of Skálafjørður and connect the towns of Runavík on the Eastern side and Strendur on the Western side of the fjord. Altogether, the three-branched sub-sea tunnel will be 11.24 kilometres long, including an underwater roundabout. Construction costs are estimated to be around 1 billion DKK.[7] Drilling commenced on 21 February 2017 and the tunnel is to be finished by 2019.. Medio June 2018 the project marked its halfway milestone.

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Jógvan Skorheim is a Faroese business man and politician (Self-Government Party. He is the leader of Self-Government Party since 9 April 2015.

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Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir is a Faroese journalist, establisher and coordinator of SAMTAK and politician, who until 16 September was a member of Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin). She is a spokesperson for the rights of homosexual people and their rights in the Faroe Islands and was one of the establisher of LGBT Faroe Islands in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ mfa.fo, Government
  2. ↑ imr.fo Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ Kvf.fo, Kári P. Højgaard: Full heimild at lova CIP endurgjald (in Faroese)
  4. ↑ Kvf.fo, Tunlarnir verða lidnir í 2021
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