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Kuupik Kleist
Greenlandic politician (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist (born 31 March 1958) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, he was the first Prime Minister not affiliated with Siumut.
Quick Facts 4th Prime Minister of Greenland, Monarch ...
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist | |
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![]() Kleist in 2008 | |
4th Prime Minister of Greenland | |
In office 12 June 2009 – 5 April 2013 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Preceded by | Hans Enoksen |
Succeeded by | Aleqa Hammond |
Chairman of the OCT for Greenland | |
In office 23 January 2012 – 25 September 2012 | |
Deputy | Jens B. Frederiksen |
Leader of the Inuit Ataqatigiit | |
In office 10 June 2007 – 31 March 2014 | |
Deputy | Aqqaluaq B. Egede |
Preceded by | Josef Motzfeldt |
Succeeded by | Sara Olsvig |
Member of the Greenlandic Parliament | |
Assumed office 8 February 2002 | |
Member of the Danish Parliament | |
In office 20 November 2001 – 13 November 2007 | |
Member of the Greenlandic Parliament | |
In office 1995–1996 | |
Minister of Public Works and Transport | |
In office 1991–1995 | |
Prime Minister | Lars Emil Johansen |
Personal details | |
Born | Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist (1958-03-31) 31 March 1958 (age 66) Qullissat, County of Greenland, Denmark |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality | Greenlandic |
Political party | Inuit Ataqatigiit |
Spouse |
Aviaaja Vandersee (m. 2012) |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | University of Roskilde |
Website | ia.gl/kuupik-kleist |
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Since 2018, he has served as the first chairman of the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund.[1]