Tórbjørn Poulsen (25 January 1932 – 7 November 2014) was a Faroese

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, politician and member 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 ...

. He served as the Finance Minister of the Faroe Islands, as well as the portfolios of Minister of Culture and Minister of Local Government (''Kommunumálaráðharrar''), in the government of Prime Minister

Pauli Ellefsen Joen Pauli Højgaard Ellefsen (20 April 1936 – 24 August 2012) was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1981 to 1985. Pauli Ellefsen was the eldest of eight children born to Sofi ...

, from 5 January 1981 until 11 January 1985. He was elected to the

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from Suðurstreymoy from 1988 to 1990. Poulsen died in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, on 7 November 2014, at the age of 82.

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1932 births 2014 deaths Finance Ministers of the Faroe Islands Government ministers of the Faroe Islands Members of the Løgting Self-Government (Faroe Islands) politicians {{Faroes-politician-stub