Páll á Reynatúgvu

{{short description|Faroese politician and footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Páll á Reynatúgvu

|image = Páll á Reynatúgvu 2012.jpg

|caption = Páll á Reynatúgvu in 2012.

|order = Member of the Løgting

|term_start = 1998

|term_end =

|constituency =

|office2 = Minister of Health and Social Affairs

|term_start2 = 2002

|term_end2 = 2004

|office3 = Speaker of the Løgting

|term_start3 = 2015

|term_end3 = 2019

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|07|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Tórshavn

|death_date =

|death_place =

| residence =

|party = Republic

|spouse =

|children =

|module =

{{Infobox football biography

|embed = yes

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1987–2003

| clubs1 = B71 Sandur

| caps1 = 224

| goals1 = 55

| nationalyears1 = 1993

| nationalteam1 = Faroe Islands

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

}}

Páll á Reynatúgvu (born 26 July 1967 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese politician, and former football player, currently serving as speaker of the Faroese Parliament.[http://www.logting.fo/parliamentmember/list.gebs?menuChanged=31 Logting.fo, Tingmenn (A list of current Members of Løgtingið/The Faroese Parliament)]

He was first elected in 1998, and again in 2002, when he assumed the position of Minister of Health and Social Affairs.

After being re-elected in 2004, he became a member of the "Fíggjarnevndin" (Financial Committee of the Løgting).{{cite web |url=http://www.logting.fo/committee/view.gebs?menuChanged=20¤tComm.id=1= |title=Fíggjarnevndin|accessdate=5 July 2008 |year=2008 |publisher=logting.fo }}

At the 2008 parliamentary elections á Reynatúgvu was not re-elected, but sat in parliament when Anita á Fríðriksmørk took maternity leave, and as his party was a part of the Landsstýri, he was next on the list to get a seat in the parliament.{{cite web |url=http://www.dimma.fo/index.asp?sess=926840816&t=fa&i=2EF4208F-520E-43F3-997C-006469B71AF9 |title=Páll á Reynatúgvu called upon to relieve Anitu á Fríðriksmørk |accessdate=5 July 2008 |year=2008 |publisher=dimma.fo }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|fo}} Before Páll á Reynatúgvu was elected for the Løgting in 2011, he was president of the SEV, which provides the Faroe Islands with electricity. He had to quit this job, because the Faroese law does not allow a person to be a member of the Løgting and at the same time to be a member of a governmental owned institution or company.[http://www.oyggjatidindi.com/pall+a+reynatugvu+fra+sum+sevformadur.html Oyggjatíðindi, Páll á Reynatúgvu frá sum SEV-formaður (in Faroese)]