Mikkjal Sørensen is a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroe Islands">Faroese</a> politician, he is currently (2010) the mayor of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Porkeri" title="Porkeri">Porkeri</a> Municipality (Porkeris Kommuna) in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%B0uroy" title="Suðuroy">Suðuroy</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>. Sørensen has also been a member of the Faroese Parliament (Løgtingið), he was not directly elected, but he has been a substitute member instead of Jóannes Ejdesgaard in the period 1991-94 and for Hans Pauli Strøm from 4 February 2008 to 13 July 2009, representing the Social Democrats (Javnaðarflokkurin). Mikkjal Sørensen has been a member of the Town Council of Porkeri for some years and mayor since 1 January 2009.
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