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.
Marianne Bruus Jelved is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Economic Affairs, Nordic Cooperation, Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
The Danish Social Liberal Party is a social-liberal political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre Reform Party in 1905.
The Kultus Minister of Denmark was a Danish minister office. The responsibilities of the minister was the church, culture and education. The word kultus comes from cultus, Latin for adoration from which the words culture and cult are derived.
Education Minister of Denmark, or Minister of Education in Denmark, is a Danish minister office currently held by Mattias Tesfaye in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark is a Danish political minister office. The main responsibility of the minister is the Church of Denmark. The minister is politically appointed without any requirements being a member of the state church.
The Minister of Culture and Equality is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Culture and Equality. The ministry is responsible for the government's policy related to culture, church affairs, religion, media, sports and gambling. Subordinate agencies include the Gaming and Foundation Authority, the National Archival Services, the National Library, the Arts Council and the Media Authority. The portfolio includes issues related to the Church of Norway.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry was a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality is responsible for cultural policy, regulations and other matters related to the media and sports, and equality and non-discrimination. The ministry was established in 1982, as the Ministry of Cultural and Science. Until then, the Ministry of Church and Education Affairs had had the overriding responsibility for cultural affairs in Norway. It is led by the Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery (Labour) since June 2023. The Secretary-General of the ministry is Kristin Berge. The ministry reports to the Storting.
Concerts Norway was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway, with its main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway is to make living music of high artistic quality accessible to all people in the country." The organization had its opening concert in Hammerfest school on 4 January 1968, with artists Liv Glaser, Eva Knardahl, Kjell Bækkelund, Robert Levin, Arve Tellefsen and Aase Nordmo Løvberg.
The title secretary of state or state's secretary is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple secretaries of state in the country's system of governing the country.
The Spokesperson of the Government of Spain is a high ranking of the Government of Spain whose purpose is to inform and communicate to society the political and institutional action of the central government. Its headquarters is located in the denominated Complex of La Moncloa. Currently the holder of the position enjoys the rank of Minister.
Yitzhak Eldan was born on October 30, 1943. He is an Israeli diplomat as well as a former Israeli Ambassador. He has served, among other postings, as the Israeli Ambassador to Denmark, to the Council of Europe and UNESCO, as well as Head of State Protocol for Israel and Director of the Israeli Diplomatic school. In 2011, he founded The Ambassadors’ Club of Israel and continues to serve as its President. In addition, since 2013 he has been directing The Israeli School for Young Ambassadors. Senior Lecturer on Diplomacy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Isabel Ursula Teshea, TC was an Afro-Trinidadian social worker, human rights activist, and politician. One of the founders of the People's National Movement, she served as vice chair of the party and was the first woman to hold the office. When Trinidad and Tobago gained its independence from Britain, she ran as a candidate, becoming the first woman elected in the newly established House of Representatives. She became the first woman cabinet Minister and later ambassador for the country. Posthumously, she was awarded the Trinity Cross, the highest honor of the country.
Dietmar Keller was an East German politician (SED/PDS) who served as Minister for Culture in the Modrow government. After reunification he sat as a member of the German parliament ("Bundestag") between 1990 and 1994.
Doris J. Jensen, also Doris Jakobsen, is a Greenlandic politician in the Siumut or Forward party. A former member of the Danish Folketing (2011–2015), she became an elected member of the Parliament of Greenland in 2002. In April 2018, she was appointed Minister of Health and Research in the Naalakkersuisut.
Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind is a politician for the Swedish Green Party. From 2019 to 2021, she was the Minister for Culture and Democracy, with responsibility for sport and national minorities in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.
Joy Mogensen is a notable Danish social democratic politician who served as Minister of Culture and Church from 2019 to 2021.
Grethe Fenger Møller is a Danish lawyer and Conservative People's Party politician, who was elected to the Folketing as a representative of the Eastern Storkreds constituency from 1977 to 1994. She was the Minister of Labour in the first government of Poul Schlüter between 1982 and 1986. She was president of the Danish Women's Society from 1974 to 1981 after previously being on its executive committee and primary board. Møller left politics after being sentenced to probation for 60 days for providing false testimony in court about the Tamil Case and worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Social Affairs' international office until she retired in 2008.
Jakob Engel-Schmidt is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing from the Moderates. Since 15 December 2022 he has been minister for culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.
