Høgni Hoydal
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| Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister 16 May 1998 to |
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Full name Høgni Karsten Hoydal, commonly called Høgni Hoydal. He is a Faroese politician. Currently serving as member of the Faroese Parliament as well as the Danish one. Høgni Hoydal brought the Republican Party back up from 4 MP's to 8 in the 1998 elections and into government, due to popular opinion at the time. Høgni Hoydal became Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister.
The Government Coalition between the Republican Party, the People's Party and the Independence Party agreed on a roadmap towards independence and initiated negotiations with the Government of Denmark. The negotiations, however, broke down and the Faroese coalition started going on a path towards greater autonomy by taking over the responsibility of matters taken care of by Denmark until then.
The coalition stayed in power after the parliamentary elections in 2002 and brought one more political Party into the coalition and government. This coalition, however, broke down on 5 December 2003 and new elections held. After these elections another coalition was formed leaving the Republican Party in opposition.
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- Løgtingið og høvundarnir 2: Løgtingið 150 (1st ed.) p. 288. Tórshavn Løgtingið 2002.
- The North Atlantic Group in the Danish Parliament
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