Bjørt Samuelsen

Bjørt Samuelsen (2 March 1965 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese journalist, master in food science (Danish: bromatolog, cand.brom.) and politician (Republic).[1]

Bjørt Samuelsen
Bjørt Samuelsen in 2015
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
2008
Ministers of Trade and Industry
In office
February 2008 – September 2008
Personal details
Born2 March 1965
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Political partyRepublic (Tjóðveldi)

Political career

She was elected for the Løgting at the 2008 Faroese general election and again in 2011. She was not elected at the 2015 elections, but kept her seat in the parliament because Høgni Hoydal was appointed minister of fisheries. Samuelsen was Ministers of Trade and Industry from 4 February until 15 September 2008. She was the first female minister of trade and industry of the Faroe Islands and until now (2019) the only one.

Bill on same sex marriage

On 24 September 2015 Bjørt Samuelsen along with the independent member of the Løgting Sonja Jógvansdóttir, Social Democratic member Kristianna Winther Poulsen and Progress member Hanna Jensen, submitted a same-sex marriage bill to the Parliament Secretariat.[2] The bill entered Parliament on 17 November 2015. If approved, the law would be scheduled to go into effect on 1 July 2016. The first reading took place 24 November 2015.[3][4] The second reading is expected to take place in the week that starts on 7 March 2016.[5]

Standing Committees of the Løgting, Nordic Council and Westnordic Council
  • 2008–2011 member of Standing Committee on Business
  • 2008–2011 member of Standing Committee on Justice
  • 2011–2015 vice chairperson for the Standing Committee on Business
  • 2011–2015 member of the Standing Committee on Welfare
  • 2011–2015 vice member of Standing Committee on Foreign affairs
  • 2011–2015 vice member of Nordic Council
  • 2015-2019 member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs
  • 2015-2019 member of West Nordic Council
  • 2015-2019 member of the Committee of Industry, Fisheries, Aqua- and Agriculture
  • 2015-2019 vice member of the Committee of Finance
  • 2015-2019 vice member of the Social - and Health Committee
  • 2017-2019 Chairman of the Committee of Industry, Fisheries, Aqua- and Agriculture

References
  1. "logting.fo". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. (in Faroese) Uppskot at broyta hjúnabandslógina latið tinginum
  3. (in Faroese) 19/2015 Uppskot til rikislógartilmæli um at seta í gildi fyri Føroyar partar av broytingum í hjúnabandslógini og rættarvirknaðarlógini
  4. (in Faroese) Dagsskráin 2015 – Týsdagur, 24. November 2015, kl. 10:00
  5. Magnason, Svein (26 February 2016). "Nú kemur álitið um hjúnabandslógina" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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