Jørgen Niclasen
Jørgen Niclasen | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands | |
In office 16 September 2019 – 16 February 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Bárður á Steig Nielsen |
Preceded by | Høgni Hoydal |
Succeeded by | Uni Rasmussen |
In office 26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Kaj Leo Johannesen |
Preceded by | Høgni Hoydal |
Succeeded by | Jacob Vestergaard |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 16 September 2019 – 16 February 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Bárður á Steig Nielsen |
Preceded by | Kristina Háfoss |
Succeeded by | Uni Rasmussen |
In office 14 November 2011 – 15 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Kaj Leo Johannesen |
Preceded by | Aksel V. Johannesen |
Succeeded by | Kristina Háfoss |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Kaj Leo Johannesen |
Preceded by | Høgni Hoydal |
Succeeded by | Jacob Vestergaard |
Minister of Fisheries | |
In office 14 December 1998 – 4 January 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Anfinn Kallsberg |
Preceded by | John Petersen |
Succeeded by | Jacob Vestergaard |
Leader of the People's Party | |
In office 2 August 2007 – 18 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Anfinn Kallsberg |
Succeeded by | Christian Andreasen |
Personal details | |
Born | Sørvágur, Faroe Islands | 17 January 1969
Political party | Fólkaflokkurin |
Jørgen Niclasen (born 17 January 1969 in Sørvágur) is a Faroese politician. He served as the leader of the People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) from 2007 to 2022.
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.
Niclasen again became minister of finance and deputy prime minister in Bárður á Steig Nielsen's cabinet following the 2019 Faroese general election.[1] He resigned on 16 February 2022 after it was discovered that he had driven drunk six days prior.[2] He subsequently also stepped down as party leader, with Christian Andreasen elected as his successor.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nýggja landsstýrið tikið við landsins stjórn" (in Faroese). Løgmansskrivstovan. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Jørgen Niclasen tikin fyri rúsdrekkakoyring og fer frá sum landsstýrismaður" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Jørgen Niclasen legði frá sær eftir ónøgd í baklandinum" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jørgen Niclasen at the Prime Minister's Office (in Faroese)
- Jørgen Niclasen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Faroese)
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