Bjørt Samuelsen | |
|---|---|
 Bjørt Samuelsen in 2015 | |
| Speaker of the Løgting | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jógvan á Lakjuni |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Ministers of Trade and Industry | |
| In office February 2008 – September 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1965 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Political party | Republic (Tjóðveldi) |
Bjørt Samuelsen (2 March 1965 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese journalist, master in food science (Danish: bromatolog, cand.brom.) and politician (Republic).[1]
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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 as of 2019 the only one. Bjørt Samuelsen was named Speaker of the Løgting in December 2022.
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
- ^ "logting.fo". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ (in Faroese) Uppskot at broyta hjúnabandslógina latið tinginum
- ^ (in Faroese) 19/2015 Uppskot til rikislógartilmæli um at seta í gildi fyri Føroyar partar av broytingum í hjúnabandslógini og rættarvirknaðarlógini Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Faroese) Dagsskráin 2015 – Týsdagur, 24. November 2015, kl. 10:00 Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Magnason, Svein (26 February 2016). "Nú kemur álitið um hjúnabandslógina" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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