Ruth Vang
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Ruth Vang | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Faroese Parliament | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1966 |
| Party | Progress |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences |
Ruth Vang (born 5 April 1966)[1] is a Faroese politician (FS). She is also a midwife and banker.[2]
Vang lives in Tórshavn. She graduated as a midwife at the Danish School of Midwifery in Copenhagen in 1992 and worked as a midwife at the National Hospital (Landssjúkrahúsið) in Tórshavn from 1992 to 1999, and then as a senior midwife from 1999 to 2005.[3] She also studied accounting and financial management at Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences from 2001 to 2005 and made a career change to the financial sector. From 2005 to 2011 she was a credit advisor at Eik Bank. Since 1 January 2013 she has been employed as a department manager at Tórshavn Municipality.[4]
Political career
Vang ran for the 2015 Faroese general election without being elected, but subsequently entered parliament as a substitute for Framsókn chairman Poul Michelsen, when the latter was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry and Foreign Affairs in Aksel V. Johannesen's government.[5]
Ruth Vang is leading her party into the 2026 Faroese general election.[6]
Parliamentary committee
- 2015 - Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Parliament[7]
