Høgni Hoydal

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Politician Høgni Hoydal

Member of Faroese parliament 1998 –
Minister of Foreign Affairs 5 February 2008 –
Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister 16 May 1998 to 5 December 2003
Member of Danish parliament 2001 –
Date of birth 28 March 1966
Political Party Republican Party

Høgni Karsten Hoydal, commonly called Høgni Hoydal, (b. 28 March 1966) 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. In 2008, Hoydal assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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.

In 2001, he was elected as one of the two Faroese members of the Danish Folketing. He was re-elected in 2005 and re-elected again in 2007.

[edit] References

• Løgtingið og høvundarnir 2: Løgtingið 150 (1st ed.) p. 288. Tórshavn Løgtingið 2002.
• The North Atlantic Group in the Danish Parliament