Kári Páll Højgaard (born 21 July 1951 in Strendur, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese politician. He was chairman of the

Self-Government Party Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as ''Independence'', ''Self-Government'', or ''Home Rule'') is a liberal, autonomist political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of ...

(Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) until April 2015 and is a former president of the

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(2008-09) (2011-2012) (2017-2018). Højgaard was elected as member of the

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on 27 February 2001. He was leader of his party's parliamentary group 2001-11 as well as party chairman 2003-10 and again 2011–2015. He has been member of the municipal council in

Runavík Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. Port Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but no ...

from 1988 to the end of 2008, and is currently living in

Saltangará Saltangará ( da, Saltangerå) is a village in the Faroe Islands, on the island of Eysturoy. Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoys Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður. The name is d ...

. Højgaard was member of The Environment and Natural Resources Committee of the

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in the period 2004–2008. In November 2011 Højgaard became

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, in the centre-right ABDH government. He was minister from 14 November 2011 until 5 September 2013Tinganes.fo, Løgmaður loysir landsstýrismann úr starvi
/ref> when prime minister sacked him because of the case of the Eysturoy tunnel, which was planned to be made by a private Danish company,

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. The plan with the private company was skipped, instead the plan is that the tunnel shall be made by and owned by the government.

References

External links

Official web site

sjalvstyri.fo

Council of Runavík

Norden.org
Nordic Council - Official co-operation in the Nordic Region
Members of the Faroese Parliament
1951 births Living people People from Sjóvar Municipality Self-Government (Faroe Islands) politicians Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Faroe Islands Government ministers of the Faroe Islands Members of the Løgting {{Faroes-politician-stub