Kaj Leo Johannesen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Johannesen in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 September 2008 – 15 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Margrethe II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Jørgen Niclasen Jacob Vestergaard Aksel V. Johannesen Annika Olsen[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jóannes Eidesgaard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Aksel V. Johannesen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 August 1964 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Union Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jórun Bærendsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen (born 28 August 1964 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands, representing the Faroese Unionist Party (Sambandsflokkurin). He took office, succeeding Jóannes Eidesgaard on 26 September 2008[2] and left office on 15 September 2015,[3] after his party and coalition with Fólkaflokkurin and Miðflokkurin lost the general election on 1 September 2015.[4] Johannesen is also a former international football player; he was goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team.[5]
In the Faroese parliamentary elections, held on 29 October 2011 Kaj Leo Johannesen received 1979 personal votes. This is the largest number of personal votes ever given to a Faroese parliament candidate.[6][7] He held this record until the general election 2015, when Aksel V. Johannesen received 2405 personal votes. At the same election Kaj Leo Johannesen received 603 personal votes.[8]
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- ^ Tinganes.fo Archived 8 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Prime Minister's Office (Official website)
- ^ Rana, Hallur av (15 September 2015). "Hetta er nýggja landsstýrið" (in Faroese). in.fo. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ Eidesgaard, Marin (2 September 2015). "Kaj Leo: Eg leggi frá mær fyri at virða valúrslitið" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Football.fo". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Historisk sejr ved Lagtingsvalget på Færøerne" (in Danish). Politiken. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ Reistrup, Høgni (6 November 2011). "Kaj Leo The King" (in Faroese). Personal blogg of Høgni Reistrup. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Løgtingsval 1. september 2015" (in Faroese). Kvf.fo. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.