Minister for Greenland
Encyclopedia
Minister of Greenland was a cabinet post for affairs with the Danish
Arctic territory.
Tom Høyem
was Minister from 1982 and served till 1987 briefly (succeeded by Mimi Jakobsen
).
In September 1987 the post were laid down, and responsibility transferred to the Prime ministers office.
Since 1979, Greenland
has been governed locally or Home Rule
with a parliament
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Arctic territory.
Tom Høyem
Tom Høyem
Tom Høyem was born on 10 October 1941. Between September 1982 and September 1987, he served as Minister for Greenland within the Danish government under the premiership of Poul Schlüter...
was Minister from 1982 and served till 1987 briefly (succeeded by Mimi Jakobsen
Mimi Jakobsen
Mimi Jakobsen is a former Danish politician and government minister and the present secretary general of the Danish part of the International Save the Children Alliance....
).
In September 1987 the post were laid down, and responsibility transferred to the Prime ministers office.
Since 1979, Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
has been governed locally or Home Rule
Home rule
Home rule is the power of a constituent part of a state to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been devolved to it by the central government....
with a parliament
Parliament of Greenland
The Parliament of Greenland is the legislature in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. The government of Greenland is also called Home Rule of Greenland. 16 seats are needed for a majority....
.