Edmund Joensen | |
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| 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 |
| Speaker of the Løgting | |
| In office 2002–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Finnbogi Ísakson |
| Succeeded by | Hergeir Nielsen |
| Member of theFolketing | |
| In office 5 June 2019 – 31 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Faroe Islands |
| In office 13 November 2007 – 18 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Faroe Islands |
| In office 21 September 1994 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Constituency | Faroe Islands |
| Member of theLøgting | |
| In office 17 November 1988 – 29 October 2011 | |
| In office 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2019 | |
| Leader ofSambandsflokkurin | |
| In office 1991–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen (1944-09-19)19 September 1944 (age 80) Oyri,Eysturoy,British-occupied Faroe Islands |
| Political party | Sambandsflokkurin |
| Spouse | Edfríð Joensen (née Johannesen) |
| Relatives | Anna Falkenberg (granddaughter) |
Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen (born 19 September 1944 inOyri onEysturoy) is a Faroese politician, who was thePrime Minister of theFaroe Islands from 1994 to 1998. From 2015 to 2022 served as a member of the DanishFolketing, being one of two Faroese seats in parliament. He did not stand in the2022 Danish general election and his granddaughterAnna Falkenberg replaced him as Member of the Folketing for the Union Party of which Joensen is a member.[1]
He was first elected to theLøgting in 1988, and remained in parliament until 2011. He was Prime Minister from 1994 to 1998, speaker of the parliament from 2002 to 2008, and member of the DanishFolketing from 1994 to 1998 and again from2007 to 2015, and again from 2019. The Faroe Islands electtwo members to the Danish Folketing. He returned to the Løgting from 2015 to 2019.[2]
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1994-1998 | Succeeded by |
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