Kuupik Kleist Politician

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.

Personal facts

Kuupik Kleist
Birth dateMarch 31, 1958
Birth nameJakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist
Birth place
Greenland , Qullissat
Nationality
Greenland
Education
Roskilde University
Spouse
Aviaaja Vandersee Kleist

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Office holder

deputy
Jens B. Frederiksen
Aqqaluaq B. Egede
monarch
Margrethe II of Denmark
office
Minister of Public Works and Transport
Prime Minister of Greenland
Member of the Danish Parliament
Chairman of the OCT
Leader of the Inuit Ataqatigiit
Member of the Greenlandic Parliament
for Greenland
party
Inuit Ataqatigiit
prime minister
successor
Aleqa Hammond

Kuupik Kleist on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ia.gl/politiker/kuupik-kleist
  2. http://www.ft.dk/baggrund/biografier/pdf/english/NAKUKL.pdf