Jørgen Niclasen

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Jørgen Niclasen
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Minister of Finance
In office
14 November 2011 – 15 September 2015
Prime MinisterKaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded byAksel V. Johannesen
Succeeded byKristina Háfoss
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterKaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded byHøgni Hoydal
Succeeded byJacob Vestergaard
Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Assumed office
16 September 2019
Prime MinisterBárður á Steig Nielsen
Preceded byHøgni Hoydal
In office
26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterKaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded byHøgni Hoydal
Succeeded byJacob Vestergaard
Leader of the People’s Party
Assumed office
2 August 2007
Preceded byAnfinn Kallsberg
Minister of Fisheries
In office
14 December 1998 – 4 January 2003
Prime MinisterAnfinn Kallsberg
Preceded byJohn Petersen
Succeeded byJacob Vestergaard
Personal details
Born (1969-01-17) 17 January 1969 (age 53)
Sørvágur, Faroe Islands
Political partyFólkaflokkurin

Jørgen Niclasen (born 17 January 1969 in Sørvágur) is a Faroese politician. He has been the leader of the Faroese People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) since 2007.

On 2 October 2008, he was officially appointed Kaj Leo Johannesen's Deputy Prime Minister, 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.

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