Høgni Hoydal

• Name — Høgni Hoydal • Office — Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands • Term Start — 22 December 2022 • Term End — 13 April 2026 • Prime Minister — Aksel V. Johannesen • Predecessor — Uni Rasmussen • Successor — Bárður á Steig Nielsen • Term Start1 — 15 September 2015 • Term End1 — 16 September 2019 • Prime Minister1 — Aksel V. Johannesen • Predecessor1 — Annika Olsen • Successor1 — Jørgen Niclasen • Term Start2 — 5 February 2008 • Term End2 — 15 September 2008 • Prime Minister2 — Jóannes Eidesgaard • Predecessor2 — Bjarni Djurholm • Successor2 — Jørgen Niclasen • Term Start3 — 15 May 1998 • Term End3 — 5 December 2003 • Prime Minister3 — Anfinn Kallsberg • Predecessor3 — Jóannes Eidesgaard • Successor3 — Bjarni Djurholm • Office4 — Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade • Term Start4 — 22 December 2022 • Term End4 — 13 April 2026 • Prime Minister4 — Aksel V. Johannesen • Predecessor4 — Jenis av Rana (Foreign Affairs) / Magnus Rasmussen (Trade) • Successor4 — Bárður á Steig Nielsen • Office5 — Minister of Fisheries • Term Start5 — 15 September 2015 • Term End5 — 16 September 2019 • Prime Minister5 — Aksel V. Johannesen • Predecessor5 — Jacob Vestergaard • Successor5 — Jacob Vestergaard • Office6 — Leader of Tjóðveldi • Term Start6 — 2000 • Term End6 — 2024 • Predecessor6 — Heini O. Heinesen • Successor6 — Sirið Stenberg • Office7 — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Term Start7 — 4 February 2008 • Term End7 — 15 September 2008 • Prime Minister7 — Jóannes Eidesgaard • Predecessor7 — Jóannes Eidesgaard • Successor7 — Jørgen Niclasen • Office8 — Minister of Selfgoverning and Justice • Term Start8 — 15 May 1998 • Term End8 — 5 December 2003 • Prime Minister8 — Anfinn Kallsberg • Predecessor8 — Óli Jacobsen • Successor8 — Jógvan við Keldu • Office9 — Member of Løgting • Term Start9 — 20 November 2001 • Constituency9 — Faroe Islands (2001-2011 & 2015-) • Birth Name — Høgni Karsten Hoydal • Born — 28 March 1966 • Birthplace — Copenhagen, Denmark • Spouse — Hildur Hermansen • Children — 3 • Parents — Gunvør and Kjartan Hoydal

Høgni Hoydal was a reporter of the Faroese national television station, Kringvarp Føroya, for some years prior to his election to the Faroese parliament in 1998.

Høgni Hoydal brought the Republican Party back up from four MPs to eight in the 1998 elections and into government, due to popular opinion at the time. Høgni Hoydal became Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister. The coalition stayed in power after the parliamentary elections in 2002 and brought one more political party into the coalition and government. This coalition, however, broke down on 5 December 2003 and new elections held. After these elections another coalition was formed leaving the Republican Party in opposition. In 2008, Hoydal assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The government coalition between the Republican Party, the People's Party and the Independence Party agreed on a road map towards independence and initiated negotiations with the Government of Denmark. The negotiations, however, broke down and the Faroese coalition started going on a path towards greater autonomy by taking over the responsibility of matters previously undertaken by Denmark. • Member of Republican Party • 1998 member of the Faroese parliament (Løgting) • 16 May 1998 to 5 September 2003 Minister of Justice and deputy Prime Minister • 5 February to 15 September 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard • 2001 – 2011 Member of Danish parliament (Folketing) except for the periods when he was Minister • 2015 – Minister of Fisheries

In 2001, he was elected as one of the two Faroese members of the Danish Folketing. He was re-elected in 2005 and re-elected again in 2007; but in the 2011 election lost the party's only Folketing seat to the Social Democrats' Sjúrður Skaale.

The family name Hoydal takes name after a neighbourhood in Tórshavn named Hoydalar, it is in a valley near Hoyvík. Dánjal Hoydal was the first who took the name, he was Høgni Hoydal's great-grandfather, he was born Joensen. His son was the Faroese writer and politician Karsten Hoydal (1912–1990) who was born in Hoydalar. Karsten Hoydal and his wife Marie Louise Falk-Rønne have four children: Annika Hoydal, born 1945, is an actor and singer, Gunnar Hoydal, born 1941 is also a writer, Kjartan Hoydal, born 1941 (Gunnar and Kjartan are twins) was secretary of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and is now director of sp/f Skrivarastova Fish and Film. They have another son called Egil. Høgni Hoydal is Kjartan Hoydal's son.

Høgni Hoydal is recorded with the occupation television journalist. Recorded with the occupation program host. Recorded as politician, television journalist, writer and program host. Career and activity. Recorded positions include member of the Folketing, Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Self-Governing and Justice.