Høgni Hoydal
| Høgni Hoydal | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands | |
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Assumed office 15 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Aksel V. Johannesen |
| Preceded by | Annika Olsen |
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In office 5 February 2008 – 15 September 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Jóannes Eidesgaard |
| Preceded by | Bjarni Djurholm |
| Succeeded by | Jørgen Niclasen |
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In office 16 May 1998 – 5 September 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Anfinn Kallsberg |
| Preceded by | Jóannes Eidesgaard |
| Succeeded by | Bjarni Djurholm |
| Minister of Fisheries of the Faroe Islands | |
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Assumed office 15 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jacob Vestergaard |
| Leader of Tjóðveldi | |
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Assumed office 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Heini O. Heinesen |
| Member of Løgting | |
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Assumed office 1998 |
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| Minister of Foreign affairs | |
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In office 5 February 2008 – 15 September 2008 |
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| Succeeded by | Jørgen Niclasen |
| Minister of Selfgoverning and Justice | |
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In office 16 May 1998 – 5 September 2003 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1966 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Spouse(s) | Hildur Hermansen |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | Gunvør and Kjartan Hoydal |
Høgni Karsten Hoydal (born 28 March 1966), commonly called Høgni Hoydal, is a Faroese politician currently serving as member of the Faroese Parliament, and is also an elected member of the Danish Parliament.
Høgni Hoydal was a reporter of the Faroese national television station, Kringvarp Føroya, for some years prior to his election to the Faroese parliament in 1998.
Høgni Hoydal brought the Republican Party back up from 4 MPs 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 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 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.
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; but in the 2011 election lost the party's only Folketing seat to the Social Democrats' Sjúrður Skaale.
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