Jørgen Niclasen

Jørgen Niclasen (born 17 January 1969 in Sørvágur) is a Faroese politician. He served as the leader of the People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) from 2007 to 2022.

Jørgen Niclasen
Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
In office 16 September 2019 – 16 February 2022
Prime Minister	Bárður á Steig Nielsen
Preceded by	Høgni Hoydal
Succeeded by	Uni Rasmussen
In office 26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011
Prime Minister	Kaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded by	Høgni Hoydal
Succeeded by	Jacob Vestergaard
Minister of Finance
In office 16 September 2019 – 16 February 2022
Prime Minister	Bárður á Steig Nielsen
Preceded by	Kristina Háfoss
Succeeded by	Uni Rasmussen
In office 14 November 2011 – 15 September 2015
Prime Minister	Kaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded by	Aksel V. Johannesen
Succeeded by	Kristina Háfoss
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 September 2008 – 19 January 2011
Prime Minister	Kaj Leo Johannesen
Preceded by	Høgni Hoydal
Succeeded by	Jacob Vestergaard
Minister of Fisheries
In office 14 December 1998 – 4 January 2003
Prime Minister	Anfinn Kallsberg
Preceded by	John Petersen
Succeeded by	Jacob Vestergaard
Leader of the People's Party
In office 2 August 2007 – 18 March 2022
Preceded by	Anfinn Kallsberg
Succeeded by	Christian Andreasen
Personal details
Born	(1969-01-17) 17 January 1969 (age 56) Sørvágur, Faroe Islands
Political party	Fólkaflokkurin

On 2 October 2008, he was officially appointed Kaj Leo Johannesen's Deputy Prime Minister, which he was until the 2011 Faroese parliamentary election. He was reelected and became the Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Kaj Leo Johannesen II.

Niclasen again became minister of finance and deputy prime minister in Bárður á Steig Nielsen's cabinet following the 2019 Faroese general election.^[1] He resigned on 16 February 2022 after it was discovered that he had driven drunk six days prior.^[2] He subsequently also stepped down as party leader, with Christian Andreasen elected as his successor.^[3]