Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2001)

Marita Petersen

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1993–1994)

Marita Petersen was the first and to date only female Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands and the first female speaker of the Løgting (Parliament). She was elected to the Løgting in 1988 for Javnaðarflokkurin . In January 1993, she was elected to the post of prime minister,…

List of lawmen and prime ministers of the Faroe Islands

The prime minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government of the Faroe Islands.