The Second Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen 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 ...
from 14 November 2011 until 15 September 2015 with
Kaj Leo Johannesen
Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen (born 28 August 1964 in Tórshavn) 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 ...
from
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) as Prime Minister, 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, after their minister
Kári P. Højgaard had been sacked after much discussion about a subsea tunnel between the two largest islands:
Streymoy and
Eysturoy
Eysturoy (pronounced estroimeaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.
Description
Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely ...
, ''Eysturoyartunnilin'', which Mr. Højgaard planned to let a private Danish company called
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners make. 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 subsea tunnels: 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.
Kvf.fo, Tunlarnir verða lidnir í 2021
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See also
* Cabinet of the Faroe Islands
* List of members of the Løgting, 2011–15
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
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Cabinets of the Faroe Islands
2011 in the Faroe Islands
2012 in the Faroe Islands
2013 in the Faroe Islands