Cabinet of Bárður á Steig Nielsen

Cabinet of Faroe Islands
Date formed16 September 2019 (2019-09-16)
Date dissolved9 November 2022 (2022-11-09)[1][2]
People and organisations
Prime MinisterBárður á Steig Nielsen
Deputy Prime MinisterJørgen Niclasen
Member partyPeople's Party (A),
Union Party (B),
Centre Party (H) (until 8 Nov. 2022)
Status in legislatureDissolved
Opposition party Social Democratic Party (C),
Republic (E),
Progress (F),
Self-Government (D),
Centre Party (H) (since 8 Nov. 2022)
History
Election(s)31 August 2019
PredecessorCabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen
SuccessorCabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen II

The Cabinet of Bárður á Steig Nielsen was the government of the Faroe Islands between 16 September 2019 and 9 November 2022, with Bárður á Steig Nielsen from Union Party as Prime Minister, making a coalition between People's Party and Centre Party.[3]

During the campaign for the November 2022 Danish general election, Centre Party leader and Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jenis av Rana stated that he could not support Søren Pape Poulsen, the leader of the Conservative People's Party, becoming Prime Minister of Denmark as Poulsen is gay.[4]

The opposition parties in the Løgting planned to call a motion of no confidence on 8 November 2022, but á Steig Nielsen sacked av Rana the same day. The Centre Party subsequently withdrew from the government, resulting in it losing its majority and Nielsen calling early elections.[4]

Composition

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister16 September 201922 December 2022 Union
Deputy Prime Minister &
Minister of Finance		16 September 201922 December 2022 People's
Minister of Health16 September 201922 December 2022 Union
Minister of Trade and Industry16 September 201919 August 2021 Union[5][6]
Magnus Rasmussen
19 August 202122 December 2022 Union[5][6]
Minister of Fisheries16 September 201920 December 2021 People's[7][8]
Árni Skaale
5 January 202222 December 2022 People's[9]
Minister of Social Affairs16 September 201920 December 2021 People's[7][8]
Sólvit Nolsø
5 January 202213 November 2022 People's[9][10]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Education		16 September 20198 November 2022 Centre[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Early election looms as Faroese government coalition spirals into crisis". local.fo. 9 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Prime Minister Nielsen calls general election for December 8th". local.fo. 9 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "New Faroese Government takes office". Government.Fo. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 Faroese Minister Fired After Statements Against Queer People High North News, 10 November 2022
  5. 1 2 "Minister of Environment, Industry and Trade - The Government". government.fo. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 Johnsigurd Johannesen (19 August 2021). "New trade and environment minister". kvf.fo. Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 "'...That morning, Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleysdóttir, minister for social affairs, and Jacob Vestergaard, minister for Fisheries, both resigned from their posts in order to retake their seats...'". twitter.com. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  8. 1 2 Hansen, Uni L. (20 December 2021). "Parliament passes same-sex bills". kvf.fo. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  9. 1 2 Hansen, Uni L. (5 January 2022). "Árni Skaale og Sólvit Nolsø í landsstýrið fyri Fólkaflokkin". kvf.fo (in Faroese). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Mirjamsdóttir, Elin (13 November 2022). "Sólvit Nolsø skiftir flokk". kvf.fo (in Faroese). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Faroe Islands foreign minister dismissed after homophobic remarks". euronews. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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