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Edmund Joensen

Edmund Joensen

Faroese politician

Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen (born 19 September 1944 in Oyri on Eysturoy) is a Faroese politician, who was the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1994 to 1998. From 2015 to 2022 served as a member of the Danish Folketing, being one of two Faroese seats in parliament. He did not stand in the 2022 Danish general election and his granddaughter Anna Falkenberg replaced him as Member of the Folketing for the Union Party of which Joensen is a member.[1]

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Political career

He was first elected to the Løgting in 1988, and remained in parliament until 2011. He was Prime Minister from 1994 to 1998, speaker of the parliament from 2002 to 2008, and member of the Danish Folketing from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2015, and again from 2019. The Faroe Islands elect two members to the Danish Folketing. He returned to the Løgting from 2015 to 2019.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Færøsk valg sender et blåt og rødt mandat i Folketinget". DR (in Danish). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Edmund Joensen". Ft.dk. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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