Prime Minister of Greenland
Appearance
Prime Minister of Greenland
Naalakkersuisut Siulittaasuat | |
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Style | Mr./Mrs. His Excellency (diplomatic, outside Greenland and Denmark[1]) |
Member of | Cabinet |
Residence | B-29 |
Seat | Inatsisartut, Nuuk, Greenland |
Appointer | The Monarch Based on Appointee's ability to gain majority support in the Inatsisartut |
Term length | No fixed term, up to four years |
Formation | 1 May 1979 |
First holder | Jonathan Motzfeldt |
Website | Prime Minister's Office |
The Prime Minister of Greenland (Greenlandic: Naalakkersuisut siulittaasuat, lit Leader of the Government; Danish: Landsstyreformand), officially referred to as the Premier,[2] is the head of the Government of Greenland. The incumbent prime minister is Múte Bourup Egede of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party.
The prime minister is usually leader of the majority party in the Parliament of Greenland. Jonathan Motzfeldt became Prime Minister after home rule was granted to Greenland in 1979.
List of prime ministers of Greenland
[change | change source]No. | Portrait | Prime Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election |
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1 | Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010) | 1 May 1979 | 18 March 1991 | 11 years, 321 days | Siumut | 1979 1983 1984 1987 | |
2 | Lars-Emil Johansen (born 1946) | 18 March 1991 | 19 September 1997 | 6 years, 185 days | Siumut | 1991 1995 | |
(1) | Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010) | 19 September 1997 | 14 December 2002 | 5 years, 86 days | Siumut | 1999 | |
3 | Hans Enoksen (born 1956) | 14 December 2002 | 12 June 2009 | 6 years, 180 days | Siumut | 2002 2005 | |
4 | Kuupik Kleist (born 1958) | 12 June 2009 | 5 April 2013 | 3 years, 297 days | Inuit Ataqatigiit | 2009 | |
5 | Aleqa Hammond (born 1965) | 5 April 2013 | 30 September 2014 | 1 year, 178 days | Siumut | 2013 | |
6 | Kim Kielsen (born 1966) | 30 September 2014 | Incumbent | 10 years, 59 days | Siumut | 2014 2018 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ [1], Protocol and Liaison Service, United Nations.
- ↑ Members of the Cabinet Archived 2013-01-26 at the Wayback Machine Government of Greenland