The Cabinet of Bárður á Steig Nielsen was the government of the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
between 16 September 2019 and 9 November 2022, with
Bárður á Steig Nielsen from
Union Party as Prime Minister, making a coalition between
People's Party and
Centre Party.
During the campaign for the
November 2022 Danish general election, Centre Party leader and Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jenis av Rana stated that he could not support
Søren Pape Poulsen
Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party. He has been the leader of the party since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Justice Minister of Denmark, an ...
, the leader of the
Conservative People's Party, becoming Prime Minister of Denmark as Poulsen is gay.
[Faroese Minister Fired After Statements Against Queer People]
High North News, 10 November 2022
The opposition parties in the
Løgting planned to call a motion of no confidence on 8 November 2022, but á Steig Nielsen sacked av Rana the same day. The Centre Party subsequently withdrew from the government, resulting in it losing its majority and Nielsen calling
early elections.
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Composition
See also
* Cabinet of the Faroe Islands
* List of members of the parliament of the Faroe Islands, 2019–2022
References
Cabinets of the Faroe Islands
2019 in the Faroe Islands
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