The Second Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen was the government of the Faroe Islands from 14 November 2011 until 15 September 2015 with Kaj Leo Johannesen from Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) as Prime Minister,[1] making a coalition between Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin), People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin), Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) and Centre Party (Miðflokkurin). It is a majority government and the first completely right winged government on the islands since 1985. In September 2013 the Self Governing Party left the coalition and the ministry was closed,[2] after their minister Kári P. Højgaard had been sacked after much discussion about a subsea tunnel between the two largest islands: Streymoy and Eysturoy, Eysturoyartunnilin, which Mr. Højgaard planned to let a private Danish company called Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners make.[3] The plans about making the tunnel were aborted, but in February 2014 all political parties of the Løgting including the independent excluded former member of the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin), Gerhard Lognberg, agreed on making two subsea tunnels: Eysturoyartunnilin and Sandoyartunnilin, both are planned to open in 2021 if everything works out as the politicians have planned[needs update], and they will be made by the Faroese government.[4]
| Minister | Party | From | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Kaj Leo Johannesen | SB | 14 November 2011 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Annika Olsen | FF | 14 November 2011 | |
| Ministry | Minister | Party | From | Until |
| Ministry of Finance | Jørgen Niclasen | FF | 14. November 2011 | |
| Ministry of Health | Karsten Hansen | MF | 14. November 2011 | |
| Ministry of Culture | Bjørn Kalsø | SB | 14. November 2011 | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs | Kári P. Højgaard | SF | 14 November 2011 | 5 September 2013 |
| Ministry of Fisheries | Jacob Vestergaard | FF | 16 February 2012 | |
| Jákup Mikkelsen | FF | 14 November 2011 | 15 February 2012 | |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | Johan Dahl | SB | 14 November 2011 | 15 September 2015 |
| Ministry of Social Affairs | Annika Olsen | FF | 14 November 2011 |
See also
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edit- ^ "mfa.fo, Government". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ^ imr.fo Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kvf.fo, Kári P. Højgaard: Full heimild at lova CIP endurgjald (in Faroese)
- ^ Kvf.fo, Tunlarnir verða lidnir í 2021