Tom Høyem (born 10 October 1941) is a
Danish and
German
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politician, and former headmaster in the
European Schools.
Political career in Denmark
Between September 1982 and September 1987, Høyem served as
Minister for Greenland within the Danish government under the premiership of
Poul Schlüter. He was succeeded by
Mimi Jakobsen
Mimi Jakobsen (born 19 November 1948 in Copenhagen) is a Danish former politician and government minister and secretary general of the Danish chapter of the International Save the Children Alliance. After 15 years she resigned from her positio ...
.
On 14 September 1984, Høyem was awarded the honour of
kommandør af Dannebrogordenen.
Høyem has served as independent election observer for
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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on behalf of the Danish government in
Albania
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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,
Montenegro
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Ukraine
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, the
State of Palestine
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and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
Headmaster in the European Schools
Between 1987 and 2015, Høyem served successively as the Director (headmaster) of the
European School, Culham (1987–1994), the
European School, Munich (1994–2000), and the
European School, Karlsruhe (2000–2015).
Political career in Germany
In 1994, Høyem joined the
Freie Demokratische Partei
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, the German liberal party, and in 2004 he was elected to serve on the Gemeinderat (council) of the city of
Karlsruhe
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.
References
External links
Official websiteParty profileFacebook
1941 births
Living people
Government ministers of Denmark
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