The second cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard was the government of the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
from 4 February until 26 September 2008. It was a coalition between
Social Democratic Party (SDP) (with
Jóannes Eidesgaard
Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard (born 19 April 1951) is a former Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands from 2004, starting shortly after the general election of 20 January 2004, until 26 September 2008, when a new coalition to ...
as Prime Minister),
Republic (R),
Centre Party (CP).
There were internal disagreements after a few months, especially about some offices in Tinganes (later referred to as ''Lásagølan'' which means ''The lock scandal'', something about changing of the lock of an office in the governmental administration), which resulted in Republic leaving the coalition on 15 September 2008, which created a government crisis.
[http://fiskeribladet.no/default.asp?side=101&lesmer=9170 fiskeribladet.no, Fiskeriministeren fikk fyken etter dørkrangel!] This made space for
Kaj Leo Johannesen's First Cabinet on 26 September.
See also
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Cabinet of the Faroe Islands
The Cabinet of the Faroe Islands (Faroese: Føroya Landsstýri) has been the chief executive body and the government of the Faroe Islands since the islands became self-governing in 1948. The cabinet is led by the prime minister (''løgmaður''). Th ...
References
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Cabinets of the Faroe Islands
2008 in the Faroe Islands