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Centre Party (Faroe Islands)
The Centre Party ( fo, Miðflokkurin) is a Christian democratic, conservative political party on the Faroe Islands, led by Jenis av Rana. The party is known for its social conservatism, particularly its stance on LGBT rights. At the 2008 Faroese general election, the party won 8.4% of the popular vote and 3 out of 33 seats. In the 2011 Faroese general election Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 29 October 2011. Faroese law states that new elections must be held at least once every four years; however, either the Prime Minister (''Løgmaður'') or a majority of the members of the F ..., the party fell to 6.2% and two seats. Current members of the Løgting As of the 2022 general snap election: Leaders History of Centre Party in the Faroese and Danish general elections References External links Official web site Christian democratic parties in Europe Political parties in the Faroe Islands Protestant political parties Conservat ...
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Jenis Av Rana
Jenis Kristian av Rana (born 7 January 1953 in Trongisvágur) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese medical practitioner and politician, serving as leader of the Centre Party (Faroe Islands), Centre Party since 2001. He served as minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Faroe Islands from 2019 until his party's withdrawal from government in November 2022. Jenis av Rana has been elected to the Løgting (the Faroese parliament) since 1994 and has been parliamentary leader for his party since then. His strong social conservatism, social conservative beliefs, particularly towards LGBT rights, have made him a controversial figure in Faroese politics, especially when he refused a dinner invitation from the then-Icelandic prime minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir due to her sexuality. Early life and career Jenis av Rana is the son of Aslaug and Dánjal av Rana, former mayor of Tvøroyri. He is married and has three children. After finishing high school, he worked as a teacher in Tvøroy ...
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2008 Faroese General Election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. It had been considered to amend the election law to hold the election two weeks later to pass a number of important bills before the election, but in the end the negotiations on this failed and the election was called on 2007-12-07. Prior to this election, the electoral system was changed in 2007 from a system with seven multi-member constituencies, which had some elements of mixed member proportional voting, to a system with a single constituency for the whole country in order to reduce disproportionality. Prior to the election, the Social Democratic Party formed a centrist unionist government with the People's Party and the Union Party. After the elections, four days of negotiations saw a centre-left separatist government emerge; while the Social Democratic Party retain ...
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2015 Faroese General Election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 1 September 2015. Elections for the Danish Folketing were held beforehand on 18 June. Background On 4 August 2015 the Løgting passed a motion that criticized Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen and former Minister of the Interior Kári P. Højgaard, accusing Johannesen of lying to the Løgting in connection with a 1 million kroner break fee clause in the contract led by the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to build a sub-sea tunnel between Eysturoy and Streymoy. Although Kaj Leo Johannesen had previously told the Løgting that he had no part of the break fee, a judicial inquiry led by Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen (the Danish ombudsman from 1987 until 2012) confirmed in June 2015 that Kaj Leo Johannesen had knowingly misled the Løgting on several occasions, thereby breaking the law. For some time not much happened, the Prime Minister refused to take any action but went on holiday for a month. The speaker of the Løgting refused to ...
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2002 Faroese General Election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 30 April 2002. Results See also * List of members of the Løgting, 2002–04 References {{Faroese elections Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroes 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 betw ... 2002 in the Faroe Islands April 2002 events in Europe ...
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1998 Faroese General Election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 30 April 1998. Results See also * List of members of the Løgting, 1998–2002 {{Faroese elections Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroes 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 betw ... 1998 in the Faroe Islands April 1998 events in Europe ...
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1994 Faroese General Election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 7 July 1994. Results See also * List of members of the Løgting, 1994–98 Elections in the Faroe Islands Faroes 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 betw ... 1994 in the Faroe Islands July 1994 events in Europe {{Europe-election-stub ...
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Elections In The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands elects on the national level a legislature. The Faroese Parliament (''Løgtingið in Faroese'') has 33 members of parliament, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The Faroe Islands have a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which a single party normally does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and therefore the parties must work together in order to form a coalition government. Latest elections Past elections and referendums * JF – Social-Democrats (''Equality Party'') * SF – Union Party (''have been in coalition with the Labour Front and the Self-Government Party at some elections'') * TF – Republican Party * FF – People's Party * SSF – Self-Government Party * MF – Centre Party * KFF – Christian People's Party * VF – Workers' Movement * F – Progress 1984 JF – 23.4%, 8 MPs FF – 21.6%, 7 MPs SF – 21.2%, 7 MPs TF – 19.5%, ...
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Bill Justinussen
Bill Justinussen (born 1963) is a Faroese politician who served as Minister of Health from 2002 to 2004. He also was the President of the West Nordic Council from 2014 to 2015, and the chairman of the Centre Party from 1997 to 1999. He has also been a Member of the Løgting The Løgting (pronounced ; da, Lagtinget) is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory within the Danish Realm. The name literally means "''Law Thing''"—that is, a law assembly—and derives from Old Norse ... (the Faroese Parliament) since 2003. References External links Bill Justinussenon the Faroese Parliament website {{DEFAULTSORT:Justinussen, Bill Living people 1963 births Centre Party (Faroe Islands) politicians Members of the Løgting Faroese politicians People from Klaksvík ...
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Álvur Kirke
Álvur Kirke (born 29 July 1939 in Vágur) is a former Faroese docker and politician ( MF). He worked on the wharf in Tórshavn from 1972 onwards. He was one of the founders of the Christian democratic party Miðflokkurin in 1992, and was a member of the board of the party until 2004. Kirke was chairman of the party from 1992 until 1994, and again from 1999 until 2001, succeeded on both occasions by Jenis av Rana. Kirke was a candidate for the Lagtinget in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... representing South Streymoy. He was the first deputy representative to the Løgting from 1998 to 2002, and for shorter periods he took seat in the Løgting as suppleant for Jenis av Rana. External links Álvur Kirkeat Miðflokkurin {{DEFAULTSO ...
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Steffan Klein Poulsen
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