Marita Petersen
Marita Petersen | |
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Atli Pætursson Dam | |
Succeeded by | Edmund Joensen |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 October 1940 Vágur, Suðuroy, British-occupied Faroe Islands |
Died | 26 August 2001 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | (aged 60)
Political party | Føroya Javnaðarflokkurin |
Spouse | Kári Petersen |
Profession | Teacher |
Marita Petersen (Faroese pronunciation:
Career
Early life
Petersen was born in Vágur. She was educated at the Hellerup seminarium in Denmark, and trained as a teacher in 1964. She worked as a teacher in Copenhagen and Esbjerg from 1964 to 1967, in Tórshavnar kommunuskúli (one of the public schools in Tórshavn) from 1967 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994 she was leader of the teaching department of Landsskúlafyrisitingin 1989–94, leader of the Sernámsfrøðiliga ráðgevingin 1994-98 and from 1998 until her death she was manager for the Sernámsdepilin, which is a school for children with mentally disabilities.
Political career
- 1994-1995 Speaker of the Løgting
- 1993-1994 Prime Minister (løgmaður) (the first and until now the only female Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands)
- 1994-1996 Leader of Javnaðarflokkurin(the Socialist Party)
- 1991-1993 Minister of Cultural Affairs
- 1988-1998 Member of the Faroese Løgting, except for the periods when she was prime minister or minister
References
- ^ "Demokratia.fo". Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ Løgtingið 150, HÁTÍÐARRIT, 150 ár liðin, síðani Løgtingið varð endurstovnað(in Faroese, written for the 150 anniversary of the Løgting, published in 2002), page 337
- ^ Ibnlive.in.com Haven on Earth: 6 places secure from financial crisis- 1. Faroe Islands, Denmark