Jørgen Niclasen (born 17 January 1969 in
Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.''
Sørvágur () is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands.
It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur Municipality.
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) is a
Faroese politician. He served as the leader of the People's Party (
Fólkaflokkurin) from 2007 to 2022.
On 2 October 2008, he was officially appointed
Kaj Leo Johannesen's
Deputy Prime Minister
A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...
, which he was until the
2011 Faroese parliamentary election. He was reelected and became the Minister of Finance in the
Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen II.
Niclasen again became minister of finance and deputy prime minister in
Bárður á Steig Nielsen
Bárður á Steig Nielsen (; born 16 April 1972) is a Faroese politician and businessman who serves as leader of the Union Party since 2015 and was prime minister from 2019 to 2022. He is also goalkeeper of the VÍF Vestmanna handball team and ...
's cabinet following the
2019 Faroese general election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 31 August 2019. The elections resulted in the defeat of Aksel V. Johannesen's coalition government consisting of the Social Democrats, Republic, and Progress. Following the elections, a new coa ...
. He resigned on 16 February 2022 after it was discovered that he had driven drunk six days prior. He subsequently also stepped down as party leader, with Christian Andreasen elected as his successor.
References
External links
Jørgen Niclasenat the Prime Minister's Office
Jørgen Niclasenat the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Living people
1969 births
Members of the Løgting
Foreign ministers of the Faroe Islands
Finance ministers of the Faroe Islands
Fisheries ministers of the Faroe Islands
Deputy prime ministers of the Faroe Islands
People's Party (Faroe Islands) politicians
21st-century Danish politicians
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