Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

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The Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of the Faroese government, leading the autonomous territory’s executive branch within the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Faroe Islands
appointedBy Løgting
monarch of Denmark
constitutionalStatus head of the autonomous Faroese executive within the Kingdom of Denmark
country Faroe Islands
eligibleVotersElect Løgting
governmentType parliamentary system
hasAuthorityOver Faroese administrative agencies
Faroese ministries
hasJurisdictionOver executive branch of the Faroe Islands
headOf Faroese government
headOfGovernmentFor Faroe Islands
inceptionContext Faroese Home Rule arrangement
surface form: Home Rule Act of the Faroe Islands
isPositionIn Faroese Home Rule arrangement
Faroese self-governance system
languageOfWorkOrName Danish
Faroese
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Faroe Islands
memberOf Løgting
nativeLabel løgmaður
nativeLabelLanguage Faroese
officeCreated 1948
officeHolder Aksel V. Johannesen
officeHoldersAreTypically leaders of the largest governing party or coalition in the Løgting
officeHoldersMustBe members of the Løgting
officeHolderStartTime 2022-12-22
partOf Faroese government
surface form: Government of the Faroe Islands

Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
precededBy Lawman of the Faroe Islands (historical office)
reportsTo Løgting
residence Tórshavn
responsibleFor coordinating domestic policy in the Faroe Islands
forming the Faroese government
leading the executive branch of the Faroe Islands
representing the Faroe Islands in certain external affairs
representing the Faroe Islands in relations within the Kingdom of Denmark
seat Tórshavn
sharesSovereignFrameworkWith Denmark
Greenland
style Prime Minister
løgmaður
termLength up to 4 years
worksWith Government of Denmark
surface form: Danish government

High Commissioner of Denmark in the Faroe Islands

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faroe Islands headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Løgting canBeDissolvedBy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands