Høgni Hoydal

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Høgni Hoydal
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
In office
15 September 2015 – 16 September 2019
Prime MinisterAksel V. Johannesen
Preceded byAnnika Olsen
Succeeded byJørgen Niclasen
In office
5 February 2008 – 15 September 2008
Prime MinisterJóannes Eidesgaard
Preceded byBjarni Djurholm
Succeeded byJørgen Niclasen
In office
15 May 1998 – 5 December 2003
Prime MinisterAnfinn Kallsberg
Preceded byJóannes Eidesgaard
Succeeded byBjarni Djurholm
Minister of Fisheries
In office
15 September 2015 – 16 September 2019
Prime MinisterAksel V. Johannesen
Preceded byJacob Vestergaard
Leader of Tjóðveldi
Assumed office
2000
Preceded byHeini O. Heinesen
Member of Løgting
Assumed office
20 November 2001
ConstituencyFaroe Islands (2001-2011 & 2015-)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 February 2008 – 15 September 2008
Prime MinisterJóannes Eidesgaard
Succeeded byJørgen Niclasen
Minister of Selfgoverning and Justice
In office
15 May 1998 – 5 December 2003
Prime MinisterAnfinn Kallsberg
Preceded byÓli Jacobsen
Succeeded byJógvan við Keldu
Personal details
Born
Høgni Karsten Hoydal

(1966-03-28) 28 March 1966 (age 55)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse(s)Hildur Hermansen
Children3
ParentsGunvør and Kjartan Hoydal

Høgni Karsten Hoydal (born 28 March 1966), commonly called Høgni Hoydal, is a Faroese politician, who served as Minister of Fisheries and Deputy Prime Minister from 2015 to 2019. He has been the party leader of Tjóðveldi since 1998.

Before taking office[]

Høgni Hoydal was a reporter of the Faroese national television station, Kringvarp Føroya, for some years prior to his election to the Faroese parliament in 1998.

Political career[]

Høgni Hoydal brought the Republican Party back up from four MPs to eight in the 1998 elections and into government, due to popular opinion at the time. Høgni Hoydal became Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister.

The coalition stayed in power after the parliamentary elections in 2002 and brought one more political party into the coalition and government. This coalition, however, broke down on 5 December 2003 and new elections held. After these elections another coalition was formed leaving the Republican Party in opposition.

In 2008, Hoydal assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The government coalition between the Republican Party, the People's Party and the Independence Party agreed on a road map towards independence and initiated negotiations with the Government of Denmark. The negotiations, however, broke down and the Faroese coalition started going on a path towards greater autonomy by taking over the responsibility of matters previously undertaken by Denmark.

  • Member of Republican Party
  • 1998 member of the Faroese parliament (Løgting)
  • 16 May 1998 to 5 September 2003 Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister
  • 5 February to 15 September 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard
  • 2001 - 2011 Member of Danish parliament (Folketing) except for the periods when he was Minister
  • 2015 - Minister of Fisheries

Member of the Folketing[]

In 2001, he was elected as one of the two Faroese members of the Danish Folketing. He was re-elected in 2005 and re-elected again in 2007; but in the 2011 election lost the party's only Folketing seat to the Social Democrats' Sjúrður Skaale.[1]

Bibliography[]

  • Håb i krise, written together with Michael Haldrup, 1995 (Danish)
  • Frælsi er Ábyrgd, 2000 (Faroese)
  • Myten om rigsfællesskabet, 2000 (Danish)

The Hoydal family[]

The family name Hoydal takes name after a neighbourhood in Tórshavn named Hoydalar, it is in a valley near Hoyvík. Dánjal Hoydal was the first who took the name, he was Høgni Hoydal's great grandfather, he was born Joensen. His son was the Faroese writer and politician (1912–1990) who was born in Hoydalar. Karsten Hoydal and his wife Marie Louise Falk-Rønne have four children: Annika Hoydal, born 1945, is an actor and singer, , born 1941 is also a writer, , born 1941 (Gunnar and Kjartan are twins) was secretary of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and is now director of sp/f Skrivarastova Fish and Film.[citation needed] They have another son called Egil. Høgni Hoydal is Kjartan Hoydal's son.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ dst.dk
  2. ^ "Høgni Hoydal". Tjóðveldi. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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