# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonger-purkhus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:27.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonger-purkhus"
name: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
slug: "jonger-purkhus"
description: "Jóngerð Jensina Purkhús is a Faroese politician and feminist who has been an active member of the Republic Party. She became the first female minister in the Faroe Islands when she was appointed Minister of Finance, Economy and the Environment in 1985. In 1989, she was appointed Minister of the Economy, Social Affairs and the Judiciary, serving until 1991."
tagline: "Faroese politician, first female minister"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.92
  momentum:             6.363636363636363
  historical:           6.801296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nger%C3%B0_Purkh%C3%BAs"
    title: "Jóngerð Purkhús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%85%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Пуркхус, Йонгер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3445113"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump