Álvur Kirke (born 29 July 1939 in

Vágur Vágur, meaning ''bay'' (), is a town and municipality on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century. Expansion has mea ...

) is a former Faroese docker and politician ( MF). He worked on the wharf in

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from 1972 onwards. He was one of the founders of the

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party

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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 Jenis Kristian av Rana (born 7 January 1953 in Trongisvágur) is a Faroese medical practitioner and politician, serving as leader of the Centre Party since 2001. He served as minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Faroe Islands from 201 ...

. Kirke was a candidate for the Lagtinget in

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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and

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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.

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Álvur Kirke
at Miðflokkurin {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirke, Alvur Members of the Løgting People from Vágur 1939 births Living people Centre Party (Faroe Islands) politicians