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Aleqa Hammond | |
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5th Prime Minister of Greenland | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 April 2013 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Deputy | Doris Jakobsen |
Preceded by | Kuupik Kleist |
Leader of Siumut | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2 June 2009 | |
Deputy | Hans Enoksen |
Preceded by | Hans Enoksen |
Minister for Families and Justice | |
In office 25 November 2005 – 1 July 2007 | |
Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1 July 2007 – 22 September 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1965-09-23) 23 September 1965 (age 59) Narsaq, Greenland |
Nationality | Greenlandic |
Political party | Siumut |
Domestic partner | Tom Ostermann (Siumut) (2012–present) |
Residence(s) | B-29, Kolonihavnen (official) Nuuk (private) |
Alma mater | University of Greenland |
Website | Aleqa Hammond Facebook |
Aleqa Hammond (born 23 September 1965) is a Greenlandic politician. Currently the leader of the Siumut party, she became the country's first female Prime Minister after her party emerged as the largest in the 2013 elections.
Biography
Born in Narsaq, Hammond grew up in Uummannaq. Her father Piitaaraq Johansen died on a hunting trip when she was seven after falling through the ice. She attended Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit between 1989 and 1991, before studying at the University of Greenland from 1991 until 1993. Her studies were never completed.
In 1993 she began working for Greenland Tourism as a Regional Co-ordinator in Disko Bay. In 1995 she became the Information Officer in the Cabinet secretariat, before working for Nuuk Tourism from 1996 until 1999. Between 1999 and 2003 she was commissioner of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and also worked on the 2002 Arctic Winter Games. From 2004 to 2005 she worked in the tourism industry in Qaqortoq as a tourist guide.
She was first elected to the Parliament of Greenland in November 2005, and was appointed Minister for Families and Justice. In 2007 she became Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, but resigned in 2008 officially in protest of the size of the government's budget deficit.
After the party lost the 2009 elections, she replaced Hans Enoksen as party leader. In the 2013 elections she received the highest-ever number of personal votes. As the prime minister she hopes to experience that Greenland becomes an independent country. She says: "We are talking about building a nation on a mental level. We will stand up as a people and demand what is rightfully ours. We will take responsibility for ourselves and for our families. And as politicians we will take responsibility for our country,” She is a member of the New Apostolic Church.
References
- Mining proponents win Greenland election AP, 13 March 2013
- ^ Aleqa Hammond Siumut Template:Da icon
- ^ Beyond the ice The Guardian, 11 December 2008
- Greenland vote likely headed for a squeaker this March 12 Nunatsiaq Online, 11 March 2013
- ^ Aleqa Hammond is the new Minister for Family and Justice in Greenland New Apostolic Church, 22 December 2005
- Greenlanders vote for change Copenhagen Post, 13 March 2013
- Greenland's Aleqa Hammond inspired by Nelson Mandela Nordic Labour Journal, 13 April 2013
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