Background
HOYEM, Tom was born on October 10, 1941 in Nykobing, Falster. Son of Ove Charles Hoyem.
journalist and politician university teacher
HOYEM, Tom was born on October 10, 1941 in Nykobing, Falster. Son of Ove Charles Hoyem.
University of Copenhagen.
Between September 1982 and September 1987, he served as Minister for Greenland within the Danish government under the premiership of Poul Schlüterritory Høyem was succeeded in that office 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 Company-operation in Europe on behalf of the Danish government in Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro, Ukraine, Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Høyem served as headmaster of the European School Culham (1987-1994), then moved to Germany, where he became the principal of the European School Munich (1994-2000) and, thereafter, the European School Karlsruhe (see below). In 1994, he joined the Freie Demokratische Partei, the German liberal party, and in 2004 Høyem was elected to serve on the Gemeinderat (council) of the city of Karlsruhe.