Amita Kuttner | |
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Interim Leader of the Green Party of Canada | |
In office November 24, 2021 – November 19, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Annamie Paul |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth May |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | December 4, 1990
Political party | Green |
Website | amitakuttner |
Amita Kuttner (/ˈɑːmitə/ AH-mee-tə;[2] born December 4, 1990) is a Canadian astrophysicist and politician who served as the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from November 24, 2021, to November 19, 2022. Kuttner first ran for office in the 2019 federal election, seeking a House of Commons seat as a Green candidate, followed by a run for Green Party leadership in 2020 following the election. They are the first transgender person and the first person of East Asian descent to lead a federal party in Canada.
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