Tom Høyem Explained

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

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 and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine, the State of 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]}

External links

• Official website
• Party profile
• Facebook

Notes and References

1. Savvides . Nicola . Investigating Education for European Identity at Three 'European Schools': A Research Proposal . Research in Comparative and International Education . 31 July 2016 . 1 . 2 . 174–186 . 10.2304/rcie.2006.1.2.174 .
2. Book: 2017 . We Celebrate 40 Years European School Munich 1997–2017 . Brochure . European School, Munich . 10.
3. Web site: 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 . www.es-karlsruhe.eu . 22 October 2019 . 27 June 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. Web site: Tom Høyem . fdp-fraktion-ka.de . 22 October 2019.
5. Web site: Diary. Pomerantsev. Peter. Peter Pomerantsev. 16 June 2016. [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.. London Review of Books. 46–47. 22 October 2019.