Amita Kuttner

Amita Kuttner
Interim Leader of the Green Party of Canada
In office
November 24, 2021 – November 19, 2022
Preceded byAnnamie Paul
Succeeded byElizabeth May
Personal details
Born (1990-12-04) December 4, 1990 (age 33)[1]
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyGreen
Websiteamitakuttner.ca

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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  2. ^ Amita Kuttner (2019-10-12). My Climate Action Pledge. YouTube. Retrieved 2021-11-26.