Tom Høyem

Tom Høyem (born 10 October 1941) is a Danish and German politician, and former headmaster in the European Schools.

Tom Høyem
Councilor of the City of Karlsruhe
Assumed office
2005
Minister for Greenland
In office
10 September 1982 – 1 September 1987
Prime MinisterPoul Schlüter
Preceded byTove Lindbo Larsen
Succeeded byMimi Jakobsen
Personal details
Born (1941-10-10) 10 October 1941
Political partyFreie Demokratische Partei
Children4
WebsiteOfficial website

Political career in Denmark

Between September 1982 and September 1987, Høyem served as Minister for Greenland within the Danish government under the premiership of Poul Schlüter. He was succeeded by Mimi Jakobsen.

On 14 September 1984, Høyem was awarded the honour of kommandør af Dannebrogordenen.

Høyem has served as independent election observer for Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on behalf of the Danish government in Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro, Ukraine, Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Headmaster in the European Schools

Between 1987 and 2015, Høyem served successively as the Director (headmaster) of the European School, Culham (1987–1994),[1] the European School, Munich (1994–2000),[2] and the European School, Karlsruhe (2000–2015).[3]

Political career in Germany

In 1994, Høyem joined the Freie Demokratische Partei, the German liberal party, and in 2004 he was elected to serve on the Gemeinderat (council) of the city of Karlsruhe.[4][5]

References
  1. Savvides, Nicola (31 July 2016). "Investigating Education for European Identity at Three 'European Schools': A Research Proposal". Research in Comparative and International Education. 1 (2): 174–186. doi:10.2304/rcie.2006.1.2.174.
  2. We Celebrate 40 Years | European School Munich | 1997–2017 (PDF) (Brochure). European School, Munich. 2017. p. 10.
  3. "Presseeinladung | Abifeier mit Zeitkapsel-Event am Samstag, 6. Juli: Erinnerungsstücke aus dem Schuljahr 2004 werden aus der Erde geborgen" [Press invitation | Graduation ceremony with time capsule event on Saturday, July 6th: Memorabilia buried in the 2004 school year will be unveiled] (PDF). www.es-karlsruhe.eu. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019. Persönlich vorbei kommen wird auch Stadtrat Tom Høyem, der von 2000 bis 2015 Direktor der Europäischen Schule Karlsruhe war und der die Zeitkapsel-Tradition in der Bildungseinrichtung eingeführt hat
  4. "Tom Høyem". fdp-fraktion-ka.de. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. Pomerantsev, Peter (16 June 2016). "Diary". London Review of Books. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 22 October 2019. [Tom Høyem] had only just retired after going on to be headmaster of the school in Karlsruhe, where he now serves as a town councillor for the Freie Demokratische Partei: 'Vote Tom Høyem for a Liberal Future in Europe and Karlsruhe,’ his website said.


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