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Jørgen Niclasen

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Jørgen Niclasen
Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
In office
16 September 2019 – 16 February 2022
Prime MinisterBárður á Steig Nielsen
Preceded byHøgni Hoydal
Succeeded byUni Rasmussen
In office
26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterKaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded byHøgni Hoydal
Succeeded byJacob Vestergaard
Minister of Finance
In office
16 September 2019 – 16 February 2022
Prime MinisterBárður á Steig Nielsen
Preceded byKristina Háfoss
Succeeded byUni Rasmussen
In office
14 November 2011 – 15 September 2015
Prime MinisterKaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded byAksel V. Johannesen
Succeeded byKristina Háfoss
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterKaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded byHøgni Hoydal
Succeeded byJacob Vestergaard
Minister of Fisheries
In office
14 December 1998 – 4 January 2003
Prime MinisterAnfinn Kallsberg
Preceded byJohn Petersen
Succeeded byJacob Vestergaard
Leader of the People's Party
In office
2 August 2007 – 18 March 2022
Preceded byAnfinn Kallsberg
Succeeded byChristian Andreasen
Personal details
Born (1969-01-17) 17 January 1969 (age 55)
Sørvágur, Faroe Islands
Political partyFólkaflokkurin

Jørgen Niclasen (born 17 January 1969 in Sørvágur) is a Faroese politician. He served as the leader of the People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) from 2007 to 2022.

On 2 October 2008, he was officially appointed Kaj Leo Johannesen's Deputy Prime Minister, which he was until the 2011 Faroese parliamentary election. He was reelected and became the Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen II.

Niclasen again became minister of finance and deputy prime minister in Bárður á Steig Nielsen's cabinet following the 2019 Faroese general election.[1] He resigned on 16 February 2022 after it was discovered that he had driven drunk six days prior.[2] He subsequently also stepped down as party leader, with Christian Andreasen elected as his successor.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Nýggja landsstýrið tikið við landsins stjórn" (in Faroese). Løgmansskrivstovan. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Jørgen Niclasen tikin fyri rúsdrekkakoyring og fer frá sum landsstýrismaður" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Jørgen Niclasen legði frá sær eftir ónøgd í baklandinum" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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