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The politics of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country (Danish: land) of the Kingdom of Denmark, function within the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic dependency, whereby the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government, [1] and of a multi-party system.
There are around seven members of the Cabinet, [1] known as "ministers" (landsstýrismaður or landsstýriskvinna), all of whom are also heads of specific government ministries. The ministers are appointed by the prime minister. The Faroese government currently consists of seven ministers including the prime minister. [2]
The prime minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government of the Faroe Islands. [1] The Faroese term løgmaður (plural: løgmenn) literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was brought back into use to refer to the head of government after the islands obtained Home Rule in 1948.
The Faroese parliament – the Løgting ("Law Thing") – dates back to the early days of settlement and claims to be one of the longest functioning parliaments in the world, alongside the Icelandic Althing and the Manx Tynwald. The parliament currently has 33 members. [61] Tinganes in Tórshavn, seat of a part of the Faroese government
Also rendered as the Party for People's Government: 6 0 Left-wing – democratic socialist. In favour of Faroese independence. Høgni Hoydal: F: Progress Framsókn: 3 0 Centre-right – classical liberal. In favour of Faroese independence. Ruth Vang H: Centre Party Miðflokkurin: 2 0 Right-wing – Christian democratic, conservative and anti-LGBT.
Early general elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 December 2022. [1] The opposition Social Democratic Party led by former Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen emerged as the largest party, receiving the largest vote share of any party since 1990, while Self-Government lost its Løgting representation for the first time since 1945.
The Faroese language was not allowed to be used in the Faroese public schools as a teaching language until 1938, [12] and in the church (Fólkakirkjan) until 1939. [13] Young students who studied in Denmark played a prominent role in the nationalist movement. The Faroese Merkið flag was designed in 1919 by Faroese students in Copenhagen.
The Faroe Islands have a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which a single party normally does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and therefore the parties must work together in order to form a coalition government.