Atli Dam
Atli Dam | |
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Margrethe II | |
| Preceded by | Kristian Djurhuus |
| Succeeded by | Pauli Ellefsen |
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| Born | 12 September 1932 Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands |
| Died | 7 February 2005 (aged 72) Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
Atli Pætursson Dam (12 September 1932 – 7 February 2005)
He was born in Tvøroyri in 1932 as the son of
He was elected to the Løgting in 1970 and became Minister of Fisheries the same year, being appointed prime minister in the same year.
In addition, he was elected as
In the wake of the Faroese financial crisis, compounded by his health issues, Dam resigned as prime minister and head of the Social Democratic Party on 18 February 1993, and was succeeded by Marita Petersen.[4]
One of his biggest political achievements included his negotiations with the Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlüter, which resulted in the Faroese underground and all natural resources thereof becoming property of the Faroese state; before that, it belonged to the Danish.[5]
He was not re-elected for the Løgting at the
References
- Løgtingið 150 – Hátíðarrit, vol. 2 (2002), page 265. (PDF Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ Denstoredanske.dk
- ^ "j.fo, From the history of the Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ snl.no
- ^ Politiken.dk
- ^ Information.dk, Våde, sorte drømme
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