Edmund Joensen

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Edmund Joensen

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
In office 15 September 1994 – 15 May 1998
Deputy	Jóannes Eidesgaard
Preceded by	Marita Petersen
Succeeded by	Anfinn Kallsberg
Personal details
Born	(1944-09-19) 19 September 1944 Oyri, Eysturoy
Political party	Sambandsflokkurin
Spouse(s)	Edfríð Joensen (née Johannesen)
Religion	Lutheran

Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen (born 19 September 1944) was born in the small village of Oyri on the second largest island of the Faroe Islands, Eysturoy.

He was first elected to the Løgting in 1988. He was Prime Minister from 1994 to 1998, speaker of the parliament from 2002 to 2008, and member of the Danish Folketing from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2007. The Faroe Islands elect two members to the Danish Folketing.

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Sambandsflokkurin (Faroese)

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Name	Joensen, Edmund
Alternative names
Short description	PRime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Date of birth	19 September 1944
Place of birth	Oyri, Eysturoy
Date of death
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