Jógvan Skorheim
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Jógvan Skorheim (born 16 June 1982 in
Klaksvík Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The first ...
) is a Faroese businessman and politician, serving as the leader of Self-Government (Sjálvstýri) since 9 April 2015. Skorheim has been working as a salesman for Idé Møblar in
Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...
and Vøruhúsið in
Klaksvík Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The first ...
and as a marketing manager at the EL-IN in Klaksvík.


Political career

Skorheim was leader of Unga Sjálvstýri until 2011. He has been a member of the town council of Klaksvík since 1 January 2009, and deputy mayor, chairman of Culture Affairs, deputy chairman of Finance Committee and member of Technical Committee from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2012. Since 1 January 2013 he is the mayor of Klaksvík representing Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin), together with Tjóðveldi and Javnaðarflokkurin. At the parliamentary election in 2011, the Self-Government Party got one member elected, Kári P. Højgaard was elected with 317 votes and Skorheim became his deputy member with 245 votes. Højgaard was minister of internal affairs, and Skorheim took seat in the parliament from 14 November 2011 until 31 December 2012, this period he was member of the Commerce Committee. Three weeks after Skorheim was elected as mayor of Klaksvík on 1 January 2013, he took leave from the parliament from 22 January 2013, instead Kristianna Winther Poulsen took seat in the Løgting for six months, after that Skorheim took seat again in the Løgting. Skorheim left the parliament again in September 2013 when the prime minister sacked Højgaard on 5 September 2013 because of the Eysturoy-tunnel-case and took seat again in the parliament. On 9 April 2015 Højgaard withdrew as the leader of the party because he was concerned about the judge examination of the Eysturoy-tunnel-case, and Skorheim became new leader.


References

Living people 1982 births People from Klaksvík Self-Government (Faroe Islands) politicians Members of the Løgting {{Faroes-politician-stub