About Jóannes Eidesgaard
Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard is a former Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands from 2004, starting shortly after the general election of 20 January 2004, until 26 September 2008, when a new coalition took office. He served as finance minister from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Danish Folketing representing the Faroe Islands from 11 March 1998 until 20 November 2001. Eidesgaard was first elected to the Løgting, the Faroese parliament, in 1990. Jóannes Eidesgaard was born on 19 April 1951, in Tvøroyri on the island of Suðuroy, where he later became a senior-school teacher. On 3 February 2004 Jóannes Eidesgaard was elected prime minister and therefore became head of the government in the Faroe Islands. In 1996 Eidesgaard became Party Chairman of the Javnaðarflokkurin.
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