Aksel V. Johannesen
Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen (born November 8, 1972 in Klaksvík , Faroe Islands ) is a Faroese lawyer and politician . He was Minister of Health, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands. Since 2011 he has been chairman of the Faroese Social Democrats . On September 15, 2015, Aksel V. Johannesen was elected as the new Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (Løgmaður) and is the successor of Kaj Leo Johannesen .
Education and political career
Aksel V. Johannesen studied law at the University of Copenhagen and graduated in 2004. From 2007 to 2009 he worked as a lawyer in the Faroese capital Tórshavn . From 2009 to 2011 he was Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen and from February to November 2011 Minister of Finance of the Faroe Islands. On March 5, 2011, he was elected by the Faroese Social Democrats to succeed Jóannes Eidesgaard as party chairman and on April 6, 2011, he also became Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands. In the parliamentary elections on October 29, 2011, he was elected as a member of the Løgting . After the change of government in November 2011, he took over the leadership of his party's parliamentary group in Løgting and made a name for himself over the next few years as one of the leading opposition politicians in the Faroe Islands. From April to May 2012 Aksel V. Johannesen was also a member of the Danish Folketing representing Sjúrður Skaale .
In the elections for Løgting on September 1, 2015, the Faroese Social Democrats emerged as the big winners with 8,074 votes and became the strongest party with 25.1% of all votes. Aksel V. Johannesen was also able to book the greatest single success with 2,405 personal votes and at the same time set a new Faroese record. Never before had a politician managed to attract so many personal votes from voters.
Just two days after the election, the majority of the parties represented in the new parliament agreed to entrust Aksel V. Johannesen with the negotiations for the formation of a new state government . If he succeeds in concluding the coalition negotiations, he will lead the next Faroe Islands government as Prime Minister .
Eleven days after the election, Aksel V. Johannesen announced that the three parties Javnaðarflokkurin, Tjóðveldi and Framsókn had agreed on a coalition agreement and that only an agreement had to be reached on the distribution of the ministerial posts.
On September 15, 2015, Aksel V. Johannesen was elected as the new Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (Løgmaður) and thus the successor to Kaj Leo Johannesen with 22 votes in favor and 11 abstentions with no dissenting votes at the opening meeting of the Løgting . Then, in his first speech to the Løgting, he announced the names of the eight ministers who, together with him, form the new state government of the Faroe Islands.
Helena Dam á Neystabø is the successor to his seat in Løgting .
Family and personal life
Aksel V. Johannesen was born in Klaksvík as the son of the Faroese politician and minister Vilhelm Johannesen and his wife Johild. He is married to Katrin D. Apol; the couple has three children. As a former football player of the KÍ Klaksvík , Aksel V. Johannesen was also temporarily chairman of the club.
Web links
- Føroya løgmaður Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen , lms.fo (Faroese)
- Javnaðarflokkurin Homepage of the Social Democrats (Faroese)
- Aksel V. Johannesen , j.fo (Faroese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aksel er nýggjur løgmaður Føroya fólks , in.fo, Sept. 15, 2015 (Faroese).
- ↑ Aksel tók øll met . portal.fo. September 2, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2016. (in Faroese)
- ↑ Løgtingsval September 1, 2015 ( Memento from October 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), kvf.fo (in Faroese).
- ↑ Nú fer Aksel undir samgongutingingar , kvf.fo, September 3, 2015 (Faroese).
- ↑ Meirilutin vísir á Aksel sum samráðingarleiðara , kvf.fo, September 3, 2015 (Faroese).
- ↑ Nú er samgonguskjalið liðugt og góðtikið , in.fo, 12 Sept. 2015 (Faroese)
- ↑ Aksel er nýggjur løgmaður Føroya fólks , in.fo, Sept. 15, 2015 (Faroese).
- ↑ 22 atkvøddu fyri at hann verður løgmaður , kvf.fo, September 15, 2015 (Faroese).
- ↑ Aksel V. Johannesen , logting.fo
- ↑ Aksel V. Johannesen , logting.fo
- ↑ Aksel V. Johannesen , j.fo (Faroese)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jóannes Eidesgaard | Chairman of the Social Democrats ( Javnaðarflokkurin ) since 2011 |
Andrass Samuelsen | Kristian Djurhuus | Peter Mohr Dam | Hákun Djurhuus | Peter Mohr Dam | Kristian Djurhuus | Atli Pætursson Dam | Pauli Ellefsen | Atli Pætursson Dam | Jógvan Sundstein | Atli Pætursson Dam | Marita Petersen | Edmund Joensen | Beginning of Kallsberg | Jóannes Eidesgaard | Kaj Leo Johannesen | Aksel V. Johannesen
1 Annika Olsen was originally elected for Fólkaflokkurin, but left the party shortly after the election and applied for leave of absence on September 20, 2015. Joen Magnus Rasmussen was her representative for one month in October 2015. Annika Olsen was an independent MP until the beginning of February 2016. Since then she has been a member of the Fólkaflokkurin again.
2 Sonja Jógvansdóttir was originally chosen for Javnaðarflokkurin.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johannesen, Aksel V. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johannesen, Aksel Vilhelmsson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Faroese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klaksvík , Faroe Islands |