Rigmor Dam
Rigmor Dam (born 18 December 1971)Faroese politician and teacher, she has also been working as a journalist for the Faroese paper Sosialurin before she was elected to the Faroese parliament, the Løgting. She is the current Minister of Education, Research and Culture of the Faroe Islands.[2]
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Minister of Culture | |
Assumed office 15 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Bjørn Kalsø |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 29 October 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 December 1971 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
Political party | Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) |
Political career
Dam was elected member of the Faroese parliament for Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) in 2011. At the 2015 elections she was re-elected. On 15 September 2015 she was elected Minister of Culture in the Cabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen.[2]
Member of standing committees of the Løgting 2011-15
- Vice chairman for the Welfare Committee (Trivnaðarnevndin)[3]
- Member of the Committee of Culture affairs (Mentanarnevndin)
- Vice member of the Committee of Justice (Rættarnevndin)
Family
Rigmor Dam is the daughter of Durita og Bergur P. Dam,Peter Mohr Dam, former prime minister Atli Dam was her uncle and the politician Helena Dam á Neystabø is her cousin. Rigmor Dam is married to Arnbjørn Ó. Dalsgarð, a librarian, writer and one of two editors of the Faroese magazine Vencil.[4] They have three children: Bergur, Sára Maria and Rói.
her grandfather on her father's side, was former prime ministerReferences
- Rana, Hallur av (15 September 2015). "Hetta er nýggja landsstýrið" (in Faroese). In.fo. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- Logting.fo - Trivnaðarnevndin
- bfl.fo - Arnbjørn Ó Dalsgarð