Cabinet of Bárður á Steig Nielsen
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Cabinet of Bárður á Steig Nielsen | |
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 Cabinet of Faroe Islands | |
| Date formed | 16 September 2019 |
| Date dissolved | 9 November 2022[1][2] |
| People and organisations | |
| Prime Minister | Bárður á Steig Nielsen |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Jørgen Niclasen (until 16 Feb. 2022) Uni Rasmussen (since 16 Feb. 2022) |
| Member party | People's Party (A), Union Party (B), Centre Party (H) (until 8 Nov. 2022) |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| Opposition party | Social Democratic Party (C), Republic (E), Progress (F), Self-Government (D), Centre Party (H) (since 8 Nov. 2022) |
| History | |
| Election | 31 August 2019 |
| Predecessor | Cabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen I |
| Successor | Cabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen II |
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The Cabinet of Bárður á Steig Nielsen was the government of the Faroe Islands between 16 September 2019 and 9 November 2022, with Bárður á Steig Nielsen from Union Party as prime minister, making a coalition between People's Party and Centre Party.[3]
During the campaign for the November 2022 Danish general election, Centre Party leader and Faroese minister of foreign affairs Jenis av Rana stated that he could not support Søren Pape Poulsen, the leader of the Conservative People's Party, becoming Prime Minister of Denmark as Poulsen is gay.[4]
The opposition parties in the Løgting planned to call a motion of no confidence on 8 November 2022, but á Steig Nielsen sacked av Rana the same day. The Centre Party subsequently withdrew from the government, resulting in it losing its majority and Nielsen calling early elections.[4]