Poul Michelsen

Poul Michelsen
Member of Parliament
In office 30 April 2002 – March 2020
Constituency	Suðurstreymoy
Minister of Trade and Foreign Affairs
In office 15 September 2015 – September 2019
Prime Minister	Aksel V. Johannesen
Preceded by	Johan Dahl
Succeeded by	Jenis av Rana (Foreign Affairs) / Helgi Abrahamsen (Trade)
Member of Parliament
In office 1984–1990
Mayor of Tórshavn
In office 1981–1992
Preceded by	Petur Christiansen
Succeeded by	Lisbeth L. Petersen
Member of Parliament
In office 2002–2020
Personal details
Born	(1944-07-22) 22 July 1944 (age 79) Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Political party	Progress (Framsókn)
Spouse	Sólrún Michelsen (née Midjord)

Poul Johan Sundberg Michelsen (born 22 July 1944 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese business man and former politician. He was the leader of Progress (Framsókn), which he and others established in 2011. Before the establishment of Progress, he was a member of People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin). In March 2020 he chose to leave the Parliament and ending his political career after struggling with sequelae of a stroke for some months.^[1]