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Marita Petersen

Marita Petersen

Former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Marita Petersen was the first and to date only female Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands and the first female speaker of the Løgting. She was elected to the Løgting in 1988 for Javnaðarflokkurin. In January 1993, she was elected to the post of... Wikipedia
Born: October 21, 1940, Vágur, Faroe Islands
Died: August 26, 2001 (age 60 years), Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Previous office: Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1993–1994)
Education: DPU, Aarhus Universitet (1980) and Hellerup Seminarium (1964)