Eyðgunn Samuelsen

Eyðgunn Samuelsen
Eyðgunn Samuelsen
	Eyðgunn Samuelsen, 2012
Minister of Social Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 September 2015
Preceded by	Annika Olsen
Member of Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 February 2008
Personal details
Born	23 May 1959; Sørvágur, Faroe Islands
Political party	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)

Eyðgunn Jana Samuelsen (née Henriksen, 23 May 1959 in Sørvágur) is a Faroese teacher and politician (Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)).

Background

Samuelsen graduated from her lower secondary school in Sørvágs skúli in 1976 and graduated from her high school (HF) Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið in 1978.[1] Samuelsen took a degree in Economics and History (cand.mag.) from Roskilde University in 1992.

She grew up in the small town, Sørvágur, with her father, mother and younger sister.

Political career

She joined the Social Democratic Party in 1988. She was elected in the town council of Klaksvík for the first time in 1997. She has been a member of the Faroese parliament since 8 February 2008, the first years from 2008-2011 she was not directly elected but became a member when Helena Dam á Neystabø became minister. At the 2011 elections she was elected to the parliament and in 2015 she was reelected with 433 personal votes which was third most on her parties list.[2]

References

Eyðgunn Samuelsens hjemmeside
"Løgtingsval 1. september 2015" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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[Samuelsen-1] Eyðgunn Samuelsens hjemmeside

[Election_2015-2] "Løgtingsval 1. september 2015" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.