Helena Dam á Neystabø (born 10 December 1955) is a Faroese

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politician. She has been served in the Lagting from 1990 to 2002, 2008 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019, has been a minister in three governments, and has been a member of the

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municipal council.

Biography

Neystabø grew up in Copenhagen as the daughter of seminar teacher Ása Hátún and Atli Dam, the Faroese Social Democratic

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. Her grandfather Peter Mohr Dam was also Prime Minister. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old, and she moved to the Faroe Islands with her mother when she was 13 years of age. In 1981, she married director Kristian á Neystabø from Haldórsvík; one of their children is musician Dánjal á Neystabø. Neystabø has a master's degree in

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from the

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in 1983 and Master of Public Administration. After graduating, she has lived in the Faroe Islands, where she was first a high school teacher at Eysturoy, then a clerk in the Directorate of Education with responsibility for vocational training. In 1988, she was a consultant at Færøyenes skolebokforlag and in 1990, was general manager. In 2012, she became principal at Føroya Handilsskúli.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neystabo, Helena Dam 1955 births Living people Politicians from Copenhagen Members of the Løgting Women government ministers of the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) politicians