Centre Party (Faroe Islands)
Centre Party Miðflokkurin | |
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Leader | Jenis av Rana |
Founded | 1992 |
Split from | Christian People's Party |
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Political position | Centre[7][8][dubious ] |
Nordic affiliation | Centre Group |
Colours | Blue |
Løgting | 2 / 33 |
Folketing (Faroe seats) | 0 / 2 |
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The Centre Party (Faroese: Miðflokkurin) is a Christian-democratic,[1] conservative[9] political party on the Faroe Islands, led by Jenis av Rana. The party is known for its social conservatism, particularly its stance on LGBT rights.[10]
At the 2008 parliamentary election, the party won 8.4% of the popular vote and 3 out of 33 seats. In early elections in 2011, the party fell to 6.2% and two seats.
Parliament members and ministers[]
Since 2011, these members represent the party in the Løgting:
Leaders[]
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History of Centre Party in the Faroese and Danish general elections[]
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References[]
- ^ a b c d e Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Gaini, Firouz (2 December 2019). "Jerusalem in the North Atlantic: The Land and State of Israel from a Faroese Perspective". In Adams, Jonathan; Heß, Cordelia (eds.). Antisemitism in the North: History and State of Research. p. 219. ISBN 978-3-11-063193-7. ISSN 2627-440X.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FAKTA: Her er de ni partier i Færøernes valg" [FACTS: Here are the nine parties in the Faroese elections]. Sjællands Nyheder (in Danish). 31 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ Leo, Jens Hákun (1 September 2019). "Conservative opposition wins big in Saturday's elections - but all hope is not lost for governing parties". Local.fo. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Bertholdsen, Áki (22 September 2014). "Miðflokkurin setir treytaleyst krav". in.fo (in Faroese). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Christian democratic parties in Europe
- Political parties in the Faroe Islands
- Protestant political parties
- Conservative parties in Denmark
- Organizations that oppose LGBT rights
- Centrist parties in Denmark
- Danish political party stubs
- Faroe Islands stubs