Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen II

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The Second Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen was the government of the Faroe Islands from 14 November 2011 until 15 September 2015 with Kaj Leo Johannesen from Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) as Prime Minister,[1] making a coalition between Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin), People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin), Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) and Centre Party (Miðflokkurin). It is a majority government and the first completely right winged government on the islands since 1985. In September 2013 the Self Governing Party left the coalition and the ministry was closed,[2] after their minister Kári P. Højgaard had been sacked after much discussion about a subsea tunnel between the two largest islands: Streymoy and Eysturoy, Eysturoyartunnilin, which Mr. Højgaard planned to let a private Danish company called Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners make.[3] The plans about making the tunnel were aborted, but in February 2014 all political parties of the Løgting including the independent excluded former member of the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin), Gerhard Lognberg, agreed on making two subseatunnels: Eysturoyartunnilin and Sandoyartunnilin, both are planned to open in 2021 if everything works out as the politicians have planned, and they will be made by the Faroese government.[4]

Minister Party From Until
Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen SB 14 November 2011
Deputy Prime Minister Annika Olsen FF 14 November 2011
Ministry Minister Party From Until
Ministry of Finance Jørgen Niclasen FF 14. November 2011
Ministry of Health Karsten Hansen MF 14. November 2011
Ministry of Culture Bjørn Kalsø SB 14. November 2011
Ministry of Internal Affairs Kári P. Højgaard SF 14 November 2011 5 September 2013
Ministry of Fisheries Jacob Vestergaard FF 16 February 2012
Jákup Mikkelsen FF 14 November 2011 15 February 2012
Ministry of Trade and Industry Johan Dahl SB 14 November 2011
Ministry of Social Affairs Annika Olsen FF 14 November 2011

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