Jógvan á Lakjuni

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Jógvan á Lakjuni

Jógvan á Lakjuni (born November 13, 1952 in Fuglafjørður , Faroe Islands ) is a Faroese politician of the conservative People's Party ( Fólkaflokkurin ) and has been President of Løgting since November 2011 .

Jógvan á Lakjuni is the son of Maria and Jákup Oluf á Lakjuni. He is married to Oddvør, nee Gunnarsson. Together they have four sons and a daughter.

Lakjuni is a teacher and studied at the University of the Faroe Islands . 1969–72 he worked as a seaman, 1977–89 as a primary school teacher in Fuglafjørður. Since 1989 he has been a teacher at the commercial school in Kambsdalur . 1994-96 he sat on the state school board, whose chairman he was a year and a half.

Lakjuni has been a member of the Løgting since 1998. From 2004 to 2008 he was Minister of Health.

In his private life, Lakjuni is a musician who has composed many songs. In the 1980s he was frontman of the Faroese band Bros . Lakjuni is not a member of the Lutheran people's church , but a brother congregation .

Member of Parliament in Løgting, Faroese (2015-2019) Flag of the Faroe Islands
Javnaðarflokkurin

Aksel V. Johannesen ( Helena Dam á Neystabø ) | Eyðgunn Samuelsen ( Jónleif Johannesen ) | Rigmor Dam ( Kristianna W. Poulsen ) | Heðin Mortensen  | Henrik Old ( Djóni Nolsøe Joensen ) | Kristin Michelsen  | Bjarni Hammer

Tjóðveldi

Høgni Hoydal ( Bjørt Samuelsen ) | Sirið Stenberg ( Óluva Elin Klettskarð ) | Kristina Háfoss ( Pauli Trond Petersen ) | Magni Arge ( Ingolf S. Olsen ) | Annita á Fríðriksmørk  | Katrin Kallsberg  | Páll á Reynatúgvu

Sambandsflokkurin

Edmund Joensen  | Kaj Leo Johannesen  | Bárður á Steig Nielsen  | Magnus Rasmussen  | Bjørn Kalsø  | Magni Laksafoss

Fólkaflokkurin

Jacob Vestergaard  | Annika Olsen 1  | Jørgen Niclasen  | Jákup Mikkelsen  | Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur  | Jógvan á Lakjuni

Framsókn

Poul Michelsen ( Ruth Vang ) | Hanna Jensen ( Bjarni Kárason Petersen )

Miðflokkurin

Jenis av Rana ( Karsten Hansen ) | Bill Justinussen

Nýtt Sjálvstýri

Jógvan Skorheim ( Bárður Kass Nielsen ) | Kári P. Højgaard

Independent

Sonja Jógvansdóttir 2

() The MPs indicated in brackets are those who are entitled to vote for members of the state government who are not entitled to vote or for MPs on leave.
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 Lakjuni, Jógvan á
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese politician of the Conservative People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin)
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuglafjørður , Faroe Islands