Marita Petersen ( farmer Marita Sámalsdóttir Petersen ; October 21, 1940 , Voavour , Faroe Islands - August 26, 2001 , Torshavn , Faroe Islands ) - Faroe politician and statesman, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands ( January 18, 1993 - September 15, 1994 ).
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| headlights. Marita Sámalsdóttir Petersen | |||||||
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| Monarch | Margrethe II | ||||||
| Predecessor | Atli dam | ||||||
| Successor | Edmund Joensen | ||||||
| Birth | October 21, 1940 Voavour , Suvurai , Faroe Islands | ||||||
| Death | August 26, 2001 (aged 60) Torshavn , Suvurai , Faroe Islands | ||||||
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| The consignment | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | ||||||
Biography
Born in a family of teachers. By education - teacher. From 1967 to 1989 she worked as a school teacher in Copenhagen and Esbjerg . Since 1988 - in the government of the Faroe Islands. From 1989 to 1994 she was chairman of the Teachers Association.
In 1991-1993 - Minister of Education, Culture, Justice and Religion.
From January 18, 1993 to September 15, 1994 she was the first and only woman - Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands. At the same time, the Minister of Administration and Public Works. During the premiere, she fought for the activization of the role of women in politics, for the introduction of the Equal Status Act, which was adopted in 1994.
In 1993-1996 - Chairman of the center-left Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands .
In 1988-1998, he was a member of the Faroese Legting (parliament) (with the exception of the periods when she was prime minister or minister). In 1994-1995 - speaker of Legting .
In 1998-2001, she was elected to the Danish Folketing .
In 1998, she became the head of the Center for Special Education (schools for mentally retarded children).
Died of cancer on August 26, 2001.